page_title: Rienk Jelgerhuis
hierarchical_section_title: Rienk Jelgerhuis
caption_attribution_description: English: Self-portrait of Rienk Jelgerhuis at the age of 62
context_page_description: Rienk Jelgerhuis 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 accomplished painter, illustrator and actor. Rienk Jelgerhuis died in Amsterdam.
context_section_description: 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 accomplished painter, illustrator and actor.  Rienk Jelgerhuis died in Amsterdam.
caption: Self-portrait at the age of 62
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