Stadstekenacademie, Amsterdam

The Stadstekenacademie ("City Drawing Academy", contemporaneous spelling: Stads Teekenacademie, Teeken-Academie or Akademie der Teekenkunst) was an 18th-century art academy in Amsterdam. It was the precursor of the Koninklijke Academie (established 1822) and the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (established 1870). Other Dutch towns such as Haarlem also had a drawing academy. Artists such as Cornelis Apostool, Jan Willem Pieneman and Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk were educated at the academy.

Stadstekenacademie, Amsterdam

The Stadstekenacademie ("City Drawing Academy", contemporaneous spelling: Stads Teekenacademie, Teeken-Academie or Akademie der Teekenkunst) was an 18th-century art academy in Amsterdam. It was the precursor of the Koninklijke Academie (established 1822) and the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (established 1870). Other Dutch towns such as Haarlem also had a drawing academy. Artists such as Cornelis Apostool, Jan Willem Pieneman and Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk were educated at the academy.