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Wybrand Hendriks (1744-1831)

• Was a Dutch painter, primarily known for his portraits, and the concierge of the Teylers Museum.
• Wybrand Hendriks was born in a sculptor family, as the son of the sculptor Hendrik Hendriksz and his wife Aaltje Claasdr.
• Both of his brothers, Hendrik jr. and Frans, followed in the footsteps of their father, also becoming sculptors.
• His only sister, Cornelia, married the sculptor Rijk Rijke.
• According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, he learned to paint while working in the decorative wallpaper factory of Johannes Remmers, in Amsterdam.
• Among his registered pupils were Hermanus van Brussel, Warnaar Horstink, Gerrit Johan van Leeuwen, Hendrina Alida Sollewijn, Abraham Vallenduuk, and Jacobus Vrijmoet.
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