Albertus Brondgeest

His paintings were not his primary source of income, but he was a trader and came from a reasonably wealthy family, which was at first not very pleased with the artistic ambitions of young Albertus.

He passed his time in artistic circles, also during his study trips abroad (Germany, France and England).

At a young age, interested in drawing, Brondgeest received guidance of Van Os (a cattle and landscape painter who recently moved to Amsterdam), who later became his friend.

[6] In 1814 Brondgeest won a golden medal by the Society Felix Meritis in Amsterdam with his painting Een gezigt binnen eene Nederlandsche stad, bij zonnedaglicht, met behoorlijke stoffaadje (A view within a Dutch city, at sunlight, with a significant "stoffaadje").

He was a member of the Amsterdam drawing society Zonder Wet of Spreuk (without law or motto).