This significant watercolour is a reproduction of a meeting of the art-loving companionship \u2018Michel Angelo Buonarotti\u2019. Van der Waay was a member of this companionship himself. During the course of a\u00a0year Van der Waay made several portraits of the companionship and its members, including this\u00a0painting\u00a0from around 1890.<\/p>\n
Van der Waay is a prominent figure in the art world of Amsterdam. He gained success with his paintings of Amsterdam orphans and became professor at the Rijksakademie in 1891. In 1898, Van der Waay painted a number of panels of the Golden Carriage. This carriage was a gift to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands from the people of Amsterdam. In Six Men Sitting Around A Table<\/em> the men are having a conversation, probably about art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This significant watercolour is a reproduction of a meeting of the art-loving companionship \u2018Michel Angelo Buonarotti\u2019. Van der Waay was a member of this companionship himself. During the course of a\u00a0year Van der Waay made several portraits of the companionship and its members, including this\u00a0painting\u00a0from around 1890. Van der Waay is a prominent figure in … Continue reading Six Men Sitting Around A Table<\/span>