Adriaen de Lelie Tilburg 1755 - 1820 Amsterdam

Although he received some of his early artistic training from Cornelis van Spaendonck, de Lelie was largely self taught.  From his native Tilburg, he traveled to Düsseldorf where he studied the old masters; copying works by artist such as Rubens and Van Dyck.

The artist settled in Amsterdam where he became a member of the Amsterdam Painter's Guild.  During his lifetime he enjoyed much success as a painter of portraits, genre scenes and conversation pieces and came to be regarded as one of the leading portraitists in Amsterdam.