title: Anthony Elliger
text: # Anthony Elliger
  
  Anthony Elliger (1701-1781) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
  
  Elliger was born in Amsterdam as the son of Ottomar Elliger II. He was the brother of Ottmar Elliger III. He married Christina Houbraken, a daughter of Arnold Houbraken and they became the father of Christina Maria Elliger.
  
  Besides his daughter, his pupils were Jan Gerard Waldorp, Jurriaan Andriessen, Izaäk Schmidt, and Johannes Cornelis Mertens.
  
  At the age of almost 80, Elliger died in Ede on the fifth of June.
  
  