Rienk Jelgerhuis: 19 cool facts

Rienk Jelgerhuis (13 April 1729 – 17 April 1806) was a Dutch painter, engraver and draftsman.

Jelgerhuis was born in Leeuwarden. He mainly made his fame as a travelling portrait-painter and has no fewer than 7,763 portraits standing to his credit. He taught his son, Johannes Jelgerhuis, who became an skillful painter, illustrator and actor. Rienk Jelgerhuis died in Amsterdam.

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