The Drawing Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society

• The Drawing Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society
• The Drawing Room of the Felix Meritis Society
• The Drawing Room of the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam with Portraits of Artists, Collectors of Paintings and Drawings, and some Art Dealers

The Drawing Room of the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam with Portraits of Artists, Collectors of Paintings and Drawings, and some Art Dealers

SK-C-538

signature: ‘A. de Lelie’

Founded in 1777, the Amsterdam society called Felix Meritis (‘Happy through Merit’) grew into the cultural centre for the upper middle class. It had five depart-ments: commerce, natural science, music, literature and drawing. The drawing gallery could accommodate about sixty artists for life drawing classes in both daylight and lamplight. De Lelie, seated on the podium, looks out at us.

A. Quarles van Ufford, 'Kunstenaars & liefhebbers, kunst uit de tijd van de Verlichting' , Museumtijdschrift, (2007) nr. 3, p. 20-23, afb. p. 23.

painter: Adriaan de Lelie

1801

olieverf op doek

height 100 cm x width 131 cm

On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Public domain

• A. Quarles van Ufford, 'Kunstenaars & liefhebbers, kunst uit de tijd van de Verlichting' , Museumtijdschrift, (2007) nr. 3, p. 20-23, afb. p. 23.
• J. Knoef, 'De genootschapsportretten van Felix Meritis', Jaarboek van het Genootschap Amstelodamum 35 (1938), p. 203-218.

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