Johannes van Bronckhorst (1648–1727) was a
Dutch Golden Age
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painter.
Life
According to Houbraken, he learned to paint from his father
Pieter van Bronckhorst
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, who died when he was thirteen. The young Bronckhorst was sent to work as a pastry baker for a cousin in
Haarlem
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. He drew as a hobby, and it remained a hobby until he moved back to Hoorn to get married.
Work
He specialized in painting plants, birds, and insects. Although he remained a pastry baker, he did very well with his watercolours, which were published in engravings and commemorated with a poem by Johannes Vollenhove.
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