Johannes de Bosch (1713–1785) was a Dutch painter, engraver and draughtsman. He was born in Amsterdam, the son of the apothecary Jeroen de Bosch who owned a significant collection of paintings and drawings, so he was surrounded and influenced by fine art from an early age.
![Johannes de Bosch, "Arcadian landscape"](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Johannes_de_Bosch.jpg/220px-Johannes_de_Bosch.jpg)
He specialized in painting and drawing arcadian landscapes, inspired by the work of other artists such as the Dutch painter Jan van Huysum (Amsterdam 1682 - 1749). De Bosch also designed various vignettes for different publications, which were in turn engraved by several other artists.[1]
He is known also for his topographical drawings of several Dutch cities, such as Amsterdam and Zeist.[2] His work is present in several national and international museums, such as the Teylers Museum (Haarlem), the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), the Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg) and the Städel Museum (Frankfurt).[3]
References
edit- ^ Roeland van Eijnden en Adriaan van der Willigen, Geschiedenis der Vaderlandsche Schilderkunst, Haarlem, 1817, p. 135-137.
- ^ J. Meerdink, Johannes de Bosch (1713-1785) en zijn tekeningen van Zeist in het midden der 18e eeuw, Van de Poll-Stichting, 1979.
- ^ "Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie - databases". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2012-02-22.