#Johannes le Francq van Berkhey

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attributed to Hendrik Pothoven - Portrait of Johannes le Francq van Berkhey -

Hendrik Pothoven (25 December 1725 – 29 January 1807) was an 18th-century drawer and painter from the Northern Netherlands.

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.

Johannes le Francq van Berkhey (1729–1812) was an 18th-century painter, scientist, physician and poet from the Dutch Republic.

He was born in Leiden. According to Roeland van Eynden and Adriaan van der Willigen in their dictionary of artists known as Geschiedenis der vaderlandsche schilderkunst, he was a pupil along with Petrus Camper of the genre painter Louis de Moni. His grandfather was an art dealer in Leiden and brought him up after his father died.

According to the RKD he is known as an illustrator and author, and was a pupil along with Petrus Camper of the painter Carel Isaak de Moor. He is best known for his illustrations of natural history objects. According to his author page in the DBNL, he is known for his Natural History of the Netherlands in 4 volumes which he wrote from 1769 to 1776. He died in Leiden.

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Carel Isaak de Moor - Portrait of Joachimus Schwartz (1686-1759) german Lawyer -

Carel Isaak de Moor (1695, Leiden – 1751, Rotterdam) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Carel Isaak de Moor was a pupil of his father, Carel de Moor.[1][2] He also made etchings. He became a teacher himself and taught the anatomy writers Petrus Camper and Johannes le Francq van Berkhey.