Dionys van Dongen (3 September 1748 – 21 May 1819) was a Dutch painter. Van Dongen was born in

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

, and was initially taught by his father who was also an artist. He painted primarily

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and genre art. In 1771 he settled in Rotterdam and painted flower still lifes and landscapes. He often painted copies of old masters. He died in

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Dionys van Dongen
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