About Josephus Augustinus Brentano
Lived 1753 – 1821 (aged 67). Josephus Augustinus Brentano was a Dutch art collector, merchant and philanthropist.
Josephus Augustinus Brentano (1753 – 1821) was a Dutch art collector.
Brentano was born in Amsterdam and became a merchant in trade with the VOC and the WIC. He was not unsuccessful and retired early in a canal mansion on the Herengracht (today nr. 544). He formed a large art cabinet there that competed with the one formed by Jan Gildemeester further down the canal. Like Gildemeester, he hired Adriaan de Lelie to portray him among his prize paintings. He started the collection to encourage artists in their field, according to Roeland van Eynden and Adriaan van der Willigen.
Brentano died a bachelor in Amsterdam and his collection was sold to found Brentano's Steun des Ouderdoms a home for poor elderly men.
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Who was Josephus Augustinus Brentano?
Dutch art collector (1753-1821)
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Josephus Augustinus Brentano was born on 28 August 1753 in Amsterdam.
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Josephus Augustinus Brentano died on 16 April 1821 in Amsterdam.
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Josephus Augustinus Brentano was an art collector, merchant and philanthropist.
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Josephus Augustinus Brentano was Dutch.
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