Carel Borchaert Voet (1671,

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– 1743,

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), was an 18th-century flower and insect painter from the

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Biography

Carel Borchaert Voet - flowers on a stone ledge

According to the RKD he became a member of the

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in the years 1692-1699. He travelled to England in the service of

Hans Willem Bentinck William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Hans Willem Bentinck''; 20 July 164923 November 1709) was a Dutch-born English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William III of England, William, Prince of Or ...

, count of Portland.Carel Borchaert Voet
in the

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He contributed to his ''Codex Bentingiana'', a catalog of the flowers and insects in his garden called Bentingiana, that was later used as a source for

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's ''Phytographia'' in 1692. He moved to Dordrecht in 1702 where he stayed.

References

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on

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