Jeremias Schultz

Biography Jeremias Schultz (also spelt as Schultsz, Around 1743, he and his brother, Johann Georg, moved to Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

In Amsterdam, he worked as a wall painting artist in the factory of Jan Hendrik Troost van Groenendoelen. In 1750, he collaborated with Jacob de Wit on an art cabinet, which later came into the possession of family de Bosch and can be seen in a work by Tibout Regters.

Portrait family de Bosch, by Tibout Regters (1750). With in the background a part of the art cabinet by Jeremias Schultz and Jacob de Wit

Between 1750 and 1781, he paints several portraits. In addition, he is a teacher in the apprenticeship of his cousin, Johan Christoffel Schultsz, and artists P.J. Rink, Arend Alans, and Isaac Cordes Jansz. together with his cousin. In 1797, he becomes board member of the Guild, and in 1800 the president.

In January 1751, he marries Anna Helena van der Mijn, daughter of painter Herman van der Mijn, and sister of painters Cornelia, Frans and George van der Mijn. In 1759, after the death of his first wife, he remarries Jacoba Catarina Smidt, daughter of tapestry painter Johannes Smit de Jonge. From these marriages, he had three daughters.

Art work Schultz's work mainly contains portraits of people from Amsterdam, Deventer, and Kampen.

The Portrait of Eleonora Susette is on display in the Art Gallery of Ontario. The portrait of Michiel is in unknown private possession. The portraits of Stephen Hendrik de la Sablonière, his wife Beata "Bartje" Louisa Schultz, and their son Jacobus "Cootje" Johannes Christoffel are in the possession of their descendants, the Family van den Hoek–Veldjesgraaf from Kampen.

Several of his portraits and other works are part of museum collections worldwide. A portrait of an Armenian merchant in Amsterdam is on display in the San Lazzaro degli Armeni. The works of minister Christiaan Slichtenbree and his wife are part of the collection of Museum de Waag in Deventer.

Other works by Schultz are in the possession of private collectors. [oil on canvas, 80 × 69,2 cm]