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| Leendert van der Cooghen Portrait of a young woman 1654 drawing Rijksmuseum |
Leendert van der Cooghen (1632-1681) was born and died in the Dutch city of Haarlem. He is spoken of in the literature as an 'amateur' artist whose career output was small because he was well-off and did not try to make a living from his work.
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Head of a boy 17th century drawing Rijksmuseum |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Portrait of a young woman 1653 drawing Rijksmuseum |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Head of a boy 1650s drawing Rijksmuseum |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Men playing backgammon 1666 etching Rijksmuseum |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Bust portrait of a peasant woman 1664 etching Rijksmuseum |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Head of a man 1651 drawing Rijksmuseum |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Académie ca. 1655-58 drawing British Museum |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Roman soldier with shield and spear ca. 1664-66 etching Rijksmuseum |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Soldier with falcon 1664 etching Rijksmuseum |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Study of soldiers 1666 etching British Museum |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Study of a bearded man 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Self-portrait 1653 drawing Rijksmueum |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen Self-portrait 1653 drawing- British Museum |
The two self-portrait drawings above (one in the Rijksmuseum and one in the British Museum) were both made in the same year, 1653, when the artist was 21 years old. With his gift of facility he must have excited some admiration in a town as image-loving as Haarlem in the 17th century.