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Antonius (Anton) Matthias Hirschig (18 February 1867, Naarden - 6 November 1939, Alkmaar), also known as Tony or Tom, was a Dutch artist who, as a young man, lodged with Vincent van Gogh at the Auberge Ravoux in Auvers-sur-Oise at the time of Van Gogh's death in 1890. ==Biography== Antonius Matthias Hirschig was born on 18 February 1867 in Naarden, a town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. He was the son of Christianus Jacobus Johannes Hirsching and Anna Swart.〔C.E.G. ten Houte de Lange, 'Hirschig', in: (De Nederlandsche Leeuw ) 111 (1994), p 206-21 (a comprehensive genealogy of the Hirschig family to the present day)〕 His father was an Amsterdam trained physician in the Dutch Royal Navy and his grandfather (Antonius Hirschig ) was a rector of the Latin academy in Alkmaar. Hirschig's paternal aunts Adriana Wilhelmina Hirschig and Jacoba Gysberta Hirschig married into the wealthy de Lange banking family of Alkmaar〔(Inventaris van het archief van de familie De Lange, 1737-1987 ) (includes a family history)〕 as did Hirschig's sister Anna in a consanguineous marriage to a son of Jacoba Gysberta. In addition Hirschig's brother Adrianus Jacobus Hirschig was a successful civil engineer (he built sea dykes) who became extremely wealthy in his own right (wealthy enough to own a considerable country house ('Postwijk' )〔:nl:Lijst van rijksmonumenten in Baambrugge〕 in Baambrugge). Hirschig's own financial circumstances are not documented nor is a profession or occupation documented for him other than 'kunstschilder' (artist) in the Hirschig genealogy deposited in the de Lange archive in Alkmaar in 1958. However Hirschig may well have come into money from his mother Anna Swart. Her father Jacob Swart was a director of the noted Amsterdam chartmaking firm Van Keulen and carried on the business after the death of its last founding family member. The firm was liquidated in 1885. After Anna Swart's death, Anton Hirschig's father married her sister Catharina Swart. Anton's other brother Jacob Hirschig was an artillery officer and he is listed as an 'amateurschilder' (amateur painter) in Pieter Scheen's monumental ''Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750 - 1950''.〔Pieter A. Scheen. Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldene Kunstenaar 1750-1950. (Gravenhage: Kunsthandel Pieter A. Scheen, 1969), s.v. Prins, Benjamin〕 There was another sister Matthia Hirschig with whom Anton Hirschig is confused in the first (1969) edition of Scheen's lexicon. There was a family connection with the Dutch painter Anton Mauve. His mother Elisabeth Margaretha Hirschig was a first cousin twice removed of Anton Hirschig. In addition, Mauve himself was married to Ariëtte (Jet) Sophia Jeannette Carbentus, a first cousin of Vincent van Gogh,〔(Family tree of Vincent Van Gogh )〕 and Mauve offered early encouragement and instruction to Van Gogh. It does seem likely therefore that Anton Hirschig's introduction to Van Gogh was facilitated by these family connections (however Theo van Gogh in his letter of 15 June 1890 to Vincent says that De Bock had introduced him). Jacoba Gysberta Hirschig is a great-grandmother of Pieter van Vollenhoven, the husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands. The Hirschig family itself originated with a Swiss mercenary soldier Samuel Hirsig from Amsoldingen, who settled in Breda, Netherlands, with his wife Catharina Luginbuhl (Logebuli) from Grosshöchstetten, before 1757 with the Stürler regiment. His son Jacobus Christiaan in Hirschig's line became a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church and other members of the Hirschig family gained prominence as classics scholars, for example Willem Adrianus Hirschig provided a translation (in decent Latin) of the popular but raunchy Ancient Greek romance Leucippe and Clitophon in his ''Erotici Scriptores'' (Paris, 1856). The family name Hirschig is now defunct. Hirschig died in Alkmaar on 6 November 1939. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anton Hirschig」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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