Herman Henstenburgh
Master of detailed insect and bird still lifes
Herman Henstenburgh, was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. According to Johan van Gool he was very good at copying prints and copied the watercolours of Pieter Holstein, which were so good that his parents let him become a pupil of Johannes Bronkhorst in 1683. Bronckhorst was able to live by his paintings, but supplemented his income with his work on the side as pastrybaker until his death, and Henstenburgh clearly learned this business from him as well, because he took over this business when Bronckhorst died. His portrait was drawn in the album of Joanna Koerten by Nicolaas Verkolje with a poem by Feitema. According to the RKD he was a registered pupil of Johannes Bronckhorst and is known for fruit and flower still lifes, with a specialty in insects and birds.
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Artworks by this artist (29 total)
- Vanitasstilleven met oesters en schedel 1677
- Vijf vlinders 1677
- Brem (Genista) 1685
- Bloemen in vaas met Atalanta 1700
- Three butterflies
- Ein großer brauner Schmetterling, zwei kleine und ein Insekt
- Flying bird of paradise
- A yellow caterpillar
- Aaronskelk (Genista aethiopica) 1685
- Vanitas Still Life
- Stilleven met bloemen, vruchten, een koolmees en een muis 1700
- Fruit Still Life 1677 - 1726
- Fruitstilleven 1677
- Gevogelte bij een bergstroom 1683
- Vanitas Still Life With Oysters And Skull 1677 - 1726
- Ein gelber, ein schwarz-gelber und ein schwarz-weißer Schmetterling
- Boeket bloemen 1680
- A basket with flowers in a stone niche, with a monkey and a butterfly
- Drie vlinders 1683
- Fruits With A Butterfly And A Snail 1677 - 1726