Leendert de Koningh

Leendert de Koningh, a Dutch marine and landscape painter, was born at Dordrecht in 1777. He was instructed by A. Vermeulen and M. Versteeg, and in 1801 came to England, but was soon compelled to leave this country on account of the war. He then went to Paris, and studied under David. Thence he returned home by way of Germany, and afterwards paid a second visit to England, where he remained till after the fall of Napoleon. He died at Dordrecht in 1849.