Leendert de Koningh was born as the son of wine merchant Jan de Koningh and Sophia Noteman. After an apprenticeship to Andries Vermeulen (1763-1814) and Michiel Versteegh (1756-1843), Leendert set out for England in 1801. Due to the war he was forced to return to The Netherlands and went to Paris to work under Jacques Louis David (1748-1825) followed by travels to Germany and back to The Netherlands again.[1]
The portfolio with studies he made of the Rhine landscapes during his travels in Germany prooved a rich source of inspiration for de Koningh's pictures. After his marriage with Jacoba Wouterina de Koningh settled in England again until The Netherlands were freed from the French occupier. From 1815 on he joined large exhibitions to present his paintings. On the 15th of September 1819 he joined Pictura in Dordrecht. De Koningh was also member of the Koninklijke Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam (Royal Academy of Fine Arts Amsterdam) and society Arti Sacrum in Rotterdam.
Two other fine examples of winter scenes on the ice preserved in the collections of the Dordrechts Museum.[2][3]
[1] Tussen zonnegoud en kaarslicht: Dordtse meesters 1780-1840.
Dordrechts Museum, 1986. p.88-93.
[2] Leendert de Koningh, Winter landscape.
Pen and brown ink, brish and brown and grey ink, brown and grey wash, over traces over pencil, 278 x 360 mm. Dordrechts Museum, inv. no. DM/960/T181
[3] Leendert de Koningh, Winter landscape.
Pen and brown ink, watercolour over traces over pencil, 154 x 242 mm.
Dordrechts Museum, inv. no. DM/960/T182
