Johannes Voorhout (11 November 1647 – 25 August 1717) was a Dutch painter of history paintings, portraits and genre scenes.

Seeing that his son was better suited to drawing than the technical aspects of watch making, he apprenticed him to Constantijn Verhout in Gouda.

Here he worked for the next five years in the workshop of Jan van Noordt, a prominent history and portrait painter.

In 1672, worried about the impending invasion by the French, he fled the country with his family and settled in Friedrichstadt, which had a large Dutch population and where his wife had friends.

[2] According to the early Dutch biographer Arnold Houbraken, his lack of success was partially due to his high output, which gave prospective customers the impression that is work was not that valuable, and partially due to his lack of skill in presenting his works in a manner attractive to his customers.

He painted group portraits such as the Elegant company making music (1674, History of Hamburg Museum).