Ludolf Leendertsz De Jongh

Place: Overschie

Born: 1616

Death: 1679

Biography:

Ludolf Leendertsz de Jongh (Overschie, 1616 – Hillegersberg, 1697) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, and member of the vroedschap. De Jongh was the son of a shoemaker, who wanted to teach his son his craft. When his father moved to Rotterdam, the young Ludolf decided to learn art rather than shoemaking, and became a pupil of Cornelis Saftleven. Later...