SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
The Dutch painter Mattheus Terwesten (1670–1757), also a draughtsman and interior decorator, is particularly known for his portraits and historical allegories painted on walls and ceilings. Born in The Hague, he studied there under his elder brother Augustinus, Willem Doudyns and Daniel Mijtens the Younger. In Berlin, he attended drawing classes at the Academy of Arts and received a certificate.
In Rome, he joined the circle of the Bentvueghels, who gave him the nickname “Arend” — eagle —, and produced an album of drawings after antique models in 1697. On his return to The Hague in June 1699, he worked on commissions for important figures. He married Thedora van Rheenen in 1710; after Augustinus’s death in 1711, he succeeded him as court painter and was appointed professor at the Royal Academy by Frederick I of Prussia.
His decorative collaborations include, in particular, ceiling paintings, overmantel paintings and door panels. “Flowers and Putti” is listed as a work made with Pieter Hardimé. Other works cited include “Venus and Adonis”, “Allegory of Freedom” and “Amphitrite Ravaged by Neptune”. His teaching activity is documented by a list of several pupils, including Herman Diederik Cuipers, Pieter van Cuyck (I), Jan van Gool, Johan Graham, Hendrik van Hulst, Jacob van Nachenius and Andries Storck.
This profile brings together identity references for Mattheus Terwesten and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Dobiaschofsky · Lempertz
References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.
Oil on canvas
Ceres, umgeben von drei Amoretten
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2019-05-18
Published result : 9920 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 8000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Oil on canvas
Venus mit Schwänen und Amoretten.
Öl auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Published result : 8000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8000
View the lot at the auction house ↗SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Profile updated :
Recently enriched profiles
Painter, lithographer and illustrator, Georges-Charles Laporte developed a body of work in which seascape painting sits alongside a substantial body of illustration, notably for text…
67 auction referencesThe French painter, illustrator and lithographer André Hambourg brought together painting, printmaking and the printed image throughout his career. Born and died in Paris, he first s…
5 auction referencesThe Spanish painter and graphic artist Juan Genovés Candel—also known in Catalan as Joan Genovés i Candel—developed a body of work shaped by the repressive context of the Franco dict…
2 auction references