Johanna Wattier

She was the daughter of the dancing teacher Jean Baptiste Wattier and Anna Cornelia de Bourghelles.

She married the architect and sculptor Bartholomeus Wilhelmus Henricus Ziesenis [nl] (1762-1820) in 1801, but continued to act, even after their son was born.

Wattier was the student of Marten Corver and is remembered as an example of the new natural way of acting, which became fashionable during her time at the stage.

[2] Her portrait was painted by many leading artists of her day, and many poets wrote poems in her honor.

[4] When she died, the play running at the Rotterdam theatre was cancelled the day of her funeral.