Bernard Lens I (c.1630–1707)Bernard Lens (I)
at the RKD databases was a Dutch painter and writer of religious treatises. Lens was born in the Netherlands, and later moved to England. He primarily painted miniatures, practicing enamel techniques. His son

Bernard Lens II Bernard Lens II (1659–1725) was an English engraver, pioneer of mezzotint technique, and publisher. Bernard Lens II was the son of Bernard Lens I, "an obscure painter". of Dutch origin. Bernard Lens I practiced enamel technique and also aut ...

and grandson

Bernard Lens III Bernard Lens III (27 May 1682 – 24 December 1740) was an English artist known primarily for his portrait miniatures. Lens was the miniature painter at the courts of kings George I and George II, instructor in miniature painting (then called l ...

also grew up to become artists in their own right.

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* Portrait miniaturists Dutch painters Dutch male painters English male painters 17th-century English painters 18th-century English painters 1630 births 1707 deaths Dutch emigrants to the Kingdom of England Place of birth missing 18th-century English male artists {{England-painter-17thC-stub