Drawings
Leo Arendzen: Prince Charles of Lorraine
Prince Charles Alexander Emanuel of Lorraine (1712 – 1780) was a Lorraine-born Austrian general and soldier, field marshal of the Imperial Army, and governor of the Austrian Netherlands.
The reference for Leo's drawing of Charles of Lorraine (a direct ancestor) is unknown, but Leo may have drawn inspiration from the sculpture of Charles by Louis Jehotte, on public display in Brussels.
Although I was given the drawing by my grandfather, Peter Arendzen, I have no further information.
Source: Peter Stone
The reference for Leo's drawing of Charles of Lorraine (a direct ancestor) is unknown, but Leo may have drawn inspiration from the sculpture of Charles by Louis Jehotte, on public display in Brussels.
Although I was given the drawing by my grandfather, Peter Arendzen, I have no further information.
Source: Peter Stone
Leo Arendzen: Petrus Arendzen
Petrus Johannes Arendzen (23 October 1846 – 15 December 1932) was a Dutch artist and etcher. Leo, his son, painted and drew many portraits of Petrus and other family members.
Source: Mark Stancombe
Source: Mark Stancombe
Leo Arendzen: Portrait of Edwin Campion Vaughan
Edwin Stephen Campion Vaughan MC (30 November 1897 – 8 June 1931) was a British Army officer in the First World War whose moving diary was later published under the title of "Some Desperate Glory".
A pencil portrait, one of several drawings in Leo's sketchbook, which I hold.
Source: Peter Stone
A pencil portrait, one of several drawings in Leo's sketchbook, which I hold.
Source: Peter Stone
Leo Arendzen: Self Portrait
Self portrait from one of Leo's sketch books, which is in my possession.
Source: Peter Stone
Source(above picture): Matthew Stancombe
Source: Peter Stone
Source(above picture): Matthew Stancombe
Petrus Arendzen: Portrait of Leo Arendzen
It's probable that this portrait of a young Leo was made by Petrus. Although unsigned, it is dated 1891, making its sitter around sixteen years old.
Source: Matthew Stancombe
Source: Matthew Stancombe
Leo Arendzen: Self Portrait
Pencil drawing on paper, signed and dated '98 (1898) which would have made Leo twenty-three when he drew it.
Source: Matthew Stancombe
Source: Matthew Stancombe
Leo Arendzen: Petrus Arendzen
A pencil sketch on paper of Petrus Arendzen, by his son Leo. Signed and dated 1902.
Source: Peter Stone
Source: Peter Stone
Petrus Arendzen: Illustrated Verse
Pen and wash drawing on paper, incomplete but signed P J Arendzen (indistinct) and dated 1878.
Source: Peter Stone
Source: Peter Stone
Franciscus Leonardus Stracké: Mother and Child
Pencil drawing and wash on paper by Frans Louis Stracké. Signed 'F L Stracké' but not dated.
Link to the Rijksmuseum page
Source: Rjiksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Link to the Rijksmuseum page
Source: Rjiksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Petrus Arendzen: Pencil drawing
Pencil drawing on paper, signed P J Arendzen and bearing the initials 'RAB' but not dated. I am grateful to Jean Foster for contacting me and sending me this drawing.
Source: Jean Foster
Source: Jean Foster
Leo Arendzen: Portrait of a woman
A pencil drawing from the same sketchbook that contains Leo's study of Edwin Campion Vaughan. The sitter is not identified.
Source: Peter Stone
Source: Peter Stone
Louis Stracké: Sara van Bosse
Stracké-van Bosse was a daughter of Anthonij van Bosse and Carolina Hermanie van Kempen. She was a niece of the painter Marie Bilders-van Bosse. She studied at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam (1874-1877).
The year after graduating, she married Frans Stracké (1820 - 1898, a professor at the Rijksakademie, in Brummen, where she was living at the time.
For the Sarphati monument (1886) in Amsterdam's Sarphatipark, a design by Jacobus Roeland de Kruijff, she made a bust of Samuel Sarphati. As a painter she mainly made genre scenes and portraits.
In 1889 the Stracké couple moved to Baarn. Here the artist died in 1922, at the age of 85.
Source: Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons. By Louis Stracké - RKD,
The year after graduating, she married Frans Stracké (1820 - 1898, a professor at the Rijksakademie, in Brummen, where she was living at the time.
For the Sarphati monument (1886) in Amsterdam's Sarphatipark, a design by Jacobus Roeland de Kruijff, she made a bust of Samuel Sarphati. As a painter she mainly made genre scenes and portraits.
In 1889 the Stracké couple moved to Baarn. Here the artist died in 1922, at the age of 85.
Source: Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons. By Louis Stracké - RKD,
There’s a surprising dearth of drawings available to publish, considering the many hundreds, probably thousands, that would have been made by both the Strackés and the Arendzens over the course of decades. If anyone has any drawings that I could use on the website, please get in touch.