Hendrik Fortman

Biography
1715 - 1807

About the artist

Silversmith Hendrik Fortman of Leiden stemmed of a dynasty of silversmiths. Not only his father was a silversmith, so were two of his brothers. Jacobus Fortman, the progenator, was appointed to the silversmith’s guild of Leiden in 1707. His eldest son Dirk became master in 1736 in the Hague. Hendrik succeeded his father and was admitted to the guild of Leiden in 1740. In 1753 also his brother Abraham was appointed master. Both the brothers remained single and reached a blessed age. Hendrik died in 1807 and Abraham in 1808. With their demise more than a century of craftsmanship by this family came to a halt.

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