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The Dutch artist family Ziesenis (18th century)
The Dutch artist family Ziesenis primarily consists of its progenitor
Anthonie Ziesenis and his sons
Bartholomeus Wilhelmus Henricus (B.W.H.),
Jan Christian and
Reinier in Amsterdam. Further Reinier's son
Reinier Anthonij Christiaan Ziesenis and B.W.H.'s grandson
Carl Eduard Ahrendts belong to this family.
Members of the artist family Ziesenis in the Netherlands
Anthonie Ziesenis (1731-1801) -
city sculptor in Amsterdam
After his arrival in Amsterdam in 1758 the sculptor
Anthonie Ziesenis joined the local drawing academy where he was elected to the board of directors in 1765. Two years later he married
Johanna Ruloffs whith whom he grew up three sons and two daughters. His sons he instructed in the sculpture himself and let them study architecture, paintig orgraphic arts. His daughters got musical education.
In 1770
Anthonie Ziesenis was accepted as city sculptor of Amsterdam. His first works in this function were the reliefs and decorative elements at the Muiderpoort and of the new city theatre (Stadsschouwburg). The Muiderpoort, an imposing relief in the front of the Sarphatiehuis, two smaller reliefs, a group of statues on the Oudemanhuispoort and three giant bull's heads at a former meat market still remained in the streets of Amsterdam.
Anthonie Ziesenis also worked for the admirality and the overseas trading company of the city, for instance by making the figurative decorations of their ships.
Bartholomeus Wilhelmus Henricus Ziesenis (1768-1820) -
royal and state architect
'Barthold' or B.W.H. Ziesenis, the first son of
Anthonie Ziesenis, was educated to become a generally skilled architect. After assisting the Amsterdam city master builder
Abraham van der Hart for some years, he became royal architect of
King Louis Napoleon in Amsterdam in 1808.
He fullfilled this position during the time of the French supremacy in the Netherlands and was afterwards engaged by the new Dutch King to refurbish and extend the old royal palace to the today's palace Noordeinde in The Hague in his last working period.
After the early death of his first wife
B.W.H. Ziesenis married the famous Dutch actress
Johanna Cornelia Wattier
(1762-1827), who thus became stepmother of his only daughter
Johanna Petronella Ziesenis. Settled in The Hague, the daughter married the royal under-equerry
Carl Gottfried Ahrendts. Their son
Carl Eduard Ahrendts learned the painting of landscapes and finally became the last artistic representative of the Dutch artist family Ziesenis.
