Public guided tour in collaboration with the Amsterdam Museum

Through the celebrated actress Johanna Ziesenis-Wattier and her contemporaries, we encounter the era of Classicism. With the golden generation of Louis Bouwmeester, Theo Bouwmeester and Esther de Boer-van Rijk, and later Mary Dresselhuys, Han Bentz van den Berg and Ellen Vogel, a tradition emerged of renowned actors who called the Stadsschouwburg their artistic home.How did visual artists portray these theatre makers? Painters such as J.W. Pieneman, Thérèse Schwartze, Lizzy Ansingh and Nicolaas Wijnberg each immortalised them in their own distinctive way, helping to shape a gallery of honour within the Stadsschouwburg. ITA continues this tradition today by adding new portraits to the collection every year.Marysa Otte, Senior Collection Advisor at the Amsterdam Museum, and Diederik Imfeld, Coordinator of Collection & Heritage at ITA, will guide you through the history of the Stadsschouwburg and this remarkable collection.