Conradijn Cunaeus

Conradijn Cunaeus (1828–1895) was a Dutch animalier painter and lithographer.

Cunaeus was born on 1 November 1828 in Dendermonde, which at that time was in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

[1] He studied at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam from 1844 to 1849,[2][1] and also under Nicolaas Pieneman.

[1] He was principally a painter of animals, particularly of dogs;[3]: 194  he also painted landscapes with figures, hunting and mountain scenes, interiors and genre paintings.

[4] He worked in oils and in watercolour, and made drawings and lithographs.

Hunting Companions , 1860, in the Rijksmuseum , Amsterdam
Elephas maximus , print, 1849, in the collections of the University of Amsterdam