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Last Name Henstenburgh

Given Name Herman

alt. Names H. H. ; Hermanus Henstenburg ;

Marriage Meyntje de Kneu in 1693

Children draughtsman and baker Anton Henstenburgh (1695-1781)

Year born 1667 in Hoorn, Noord-Holland

Year died 1726

Place of death Hoorn, Noord-Holland

Father's occupation

Relatives

Education apprentice and successor to pastry-baker and painter Johannes Bronkhorst in Hoorn

Country of Activity Netherlands

Worked for botanist and naturalist Agnes Block ;

Patronage regent Antony Verlaan

Collaborators artist Johannes Bronkhorst ; Anton Henstenburgh (son) ; Pieter Holsteijn ;

Techniques botanical, entomological, and ornithological painting, drawing, watercolour ; hand-colouring ; on vellum ;

Sample(s) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Herman_Henstenburgh_-_Insects_-_WGA11370.jpg ;

Archival sources British Museum Natural History; Boymans Museum Rotterdam ;

Published sources AKL 72 2012: 79 ; Sawyer 1971: 138 ; Pinault et al. 1984: 49 ;

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