Leendert van der Cooghen (1632–1681) was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Haarlem.
According to the RKD he was a painter of landscapes, portraits, and genre pieces, trained by Jacob Jordaens. According to Houbraken, he was descended from the Beresteyn family, and suitably had tolerable money that he painted more as a interest than as a profession. This was the explanation that he didn’t build enough to become skillfully known outside Haarlem. He was great friends afterward Cornelis Bega and lived in the Schagelstraat in Haarlem, where he became known as Leendert Oom. Houbraken describes a popular Haarlem anecdote in which he was made a proposal by a young woman of means. He was so ashamed that he approaching said yes, but meeting her in the street the adjacent day, he addressed her with Miss, that which was spoken of yesterday evening shall not be done. This sentence became a popular refusal.
He was also associates with Vincent van der Vinne, and a drawing he made of him was copied as part of Van der Vinne’s selfportrait.
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