Hendrick Gerritsz. Pot was probably born in Haarlem. He is thought to have been a pupil of Karel van Mander. He worked in Haarlem where he was elected Dean of the Guild of St. Luke in 1626, 1630 and 1635. He was in London in 1632, and in 1633, he was back in Haarlem as he is represented as a lieutenant in Frans Hals’ 'Officers and Sergeants of the Saint Adrian Militia Company' (Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum). After 1648 he was in Amsterdam, where he died. He was chiefly a portrait and genre painter, and his sitters were often upper middle-class citizens.
Hendrick Pot
about 1585 or earlier? - 1657
Paintings by Hendrick Pot
Scenes set in brothels (called bordeeltjes in Dutch) were a popular genre in seventeenth-century painting. In this picture, two young women sit on the laps of their clients; the much older woman in the centre runs the business. Although the men are the paying customers, it is the women who are cl...
Not on display