Complex sentence: Bernardus Accama (1697--1756) was an 18th-century Dutch historical and portrait painter, born in Friesland, possibly in Burum, the son of Aeltje Boetes Nievelt and Simon Accama, the local church minister.
Split into simpler sentences: Bernardus Accama (1697--1756) was an 18th-century Dutch historical and portrait painter. Accama was born in Friesland, possibly in Burum, the son of Aeltje Boetes Nievelt and Simon Accama, the local church minister.