Ludolf de Jongh
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Ludolf de Jongh or Ludolf Leendertsz. de Jongh (Overschie, 1616 – Hillegersberg, 1679) was a Dutch painter, known for his genre scenes, hunting scenes, history paintings, landscapes, cityscapes and portraits.[1] He was further a merchant, an officer in the civil guard of Rotterdam and a schout (sheriff) of Hillegersberg.[2] He was in the 1650s the leading genre painter in Rotterdam whose work influenced artists such as Pieter de Hooch.[3] He was active as a staffage painter and added the figures in the works of artists such as the church interior painter Anthonie de Lorme and the landscape painter Joris van der Haagen.[1][4]