Joseph Francis Nollekens
Josef Frans Nollekens'' or ''Joseph Frans Nollekens (1702–1748)Josef Frans Nollekens
at the British Museun was a Flemish painter who was principally active in England where he is often referred to as "Old Nollekens" to distinguish him from his famous son, the sculptor Joseph Nollekens. He painted conversation pieces, galant companies and fêtes champêtres in the style of Watteau, Genre art, genre scenes as well as portraits.Josef Frans Nollekens
at the Netherlands Institute for Art HistorySam Segal, Klara Alen, ''Dutch and Flemish Flower Pieces'', BRILL, 2020, p. 211 He was also active as a picture restorer.
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Joseph Francis Nollekens - Children Playing With A Hobby Horse - Google Art Project
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled ''Yusuf, Yūsuf''. In Persian language, Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genes ...
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