Portrait of Andries Snoek
Person depicted Andries Snoek (1765-1829)
Artist Louis Moritz (1773-1850)
Medium Oil on canvas
Year before 1930
Presented to the theatre by W.R. Breedé, son of Balthasar Breedé.
The actor Andries Snoek is a mainstay of the portrait gallery. Has anyone noticed that two of the portraits are almost identical? Snoek looks out over his left shoulder, with a faint smile. One was painted by the famous painter J.W. Pieneman; the other is a replica. An amusing detail: of Snoek's leading lady Johanna Ziesenis-Wattier, the theatre likewise holds a genuine Pieneman and a replica. The large painting of Andries Snoek in the stairwell is by Louis Moritz. Snoek is shown as the tragic hero Achilles.

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