Alida Withoos' Work

Alida, as well as her brothers and sister, was specialized in drawing and painting flowers and insects. Their work is referred to as "Withoosjes". Forrest still lives and Italian landscapes were amongst those specialisations as well.

At that time, Alida and her sister were taught to paint to help out their father with his work. Alida's work is not as detailed as her father's and the pencil strokes are a little corser as well. Several paintings, signed by Alida's father, can be contributed to Alida herself and her sister. Alida herself made 9 paintings fully signed by her and numerous drawings. Since there is little known about that time, it is well possible that several other paintings signed by other artists may have been from Alida's hand.

Being in the artist envirnment, Alida came in contact with Agnes Block, for whom she drew plants in 1687 and in 1694 she got paid for drawing 13 plants for the Amsterdam Hortus.

Many paintings and drawings can be found in private collections and museums.