death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name
maastricht april 15 , 1876 nieuwer-amstel netherlands january 2 , 1825 antonie frederik zürcher
 antonie frederik zürcher
antonie frederik zürcher

antonie frederik zürcher -lrb- january 2 , 1825 -- april 15 , 1876 -rrb- was a dutch painter , draughtsman , etcher and art teacher .
zürcher was born in nieuwer-amstel as the oldest son of johannes cornelis zurcher in a family of artists .
after his formal training in amsterdam he became a drawing teacher at the academy there .
he married in amsterdam in 1850 and the couple had 14 children , including the painter johannes wilhelm cornelis zurcher .
after his school was closed he was reassigned a position in maastricht , where he later died .
his younger brother frederik willem zürcher was also a painter .
