Artist

Hendrik Pothoven

Portrait of Hendrik Pothoven
Portrait of Hendrik Pothoven

Dutch, 1725–1807

Hendrik Pothoven was a Dutch Rococo painting painter. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum, most of them oil paintings. Hendrik Pothoven was born in Amsterdam.

Hendrik Pothoven (25 December 1725 – 29 January 1807) was an 18th-century drawer and painter from the Dutch Republic. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Frans de Bakker and Philip van Dijk. He was a follower of Frans van Mieris and Adriaen van de Velde; he is best known for his portraits, landscapes, and engravings.

He worked in his native Amsterdam until 1764, when he moved to The Hague, where he later died.

Works by Hendrik Pothoven

Collections represented

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