Hendrik van Oort

[1] Among his best known works are In the Meadow and The Shoemaker (1800-1830), the latter of which is on display at the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery.

[2] Mainly a landscape painter, van Oort chose mainly quaint rural villages, small towns and rural folk as his subjects.

[3] A View Of The Sint Jan's Kerkhof was painted at Utrecht in 1824.

[4] Henrik's son, Pieter van Oort, was also a noted landscape artist and architect.

[5] Besides his son he taught the painter David van der Kellen Jr. (1804–1879), who became a respected medalist and engraver.