Cornelis Troost (8 October 1696 – 1750)

• Was a Dutch actor and painter from Amsterdam.
• Troost was trained as an actor and married the actress Susanna Maria van der Duyn. 

• But became a pupil of Arnold Boonen and gave up his career for painting in 1723.

• He is primarily remembered for his works depicting scenes from the Amsterdam Theatre and daily life of the upper crust in Amsterdam.

• One of his earliest drawings dated 1708, is of Prince Eugene of Savoy and the bookseller and spy Louis Renard visiting a chic Amsterdam brothel.

• Then he had an early success with a lively group portrait depicting the Amsterdam Inspectors of the Collegium Medicum.

• Troost painted portraits, including one of Herman Boerhaave, the famous doctor from Leiden.

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