Leendert de Koningh

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Leendert de Koningh (12 April 1777, Dordrecht – 8 June 1849, Dordrecht),[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/45640 Koningh, Leendert de] at the RKD was a Dutch marine and landscape painter

De Koningh was instructed by A. Vermeulen and M. Versteeg, and in 1801 came to England, but in 1803 was compelled to leave that country on account of the War of the Third Coalition. He then went to Paris, and studied under David. Thence he returned home by way of Germany. In 1816, he paid a second visit to England, but he basically spent the rest of his life in his hometown.

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Category:1777 births

Category:1849 deaths

Category:Dutch landscape painters

Category:Dutch marine artists

Category:Painters from Dordrecht

Category:Pupils of Jacques-Louis David

Category:19th-century Dutch painters

Category:Dutch male painters

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