Hendrik Kobell (born Rotterdam 13 September 1751; died there, 3 August 1799) was a Dutch landscape and marine painter, etcher, draftsman and watercolorist.
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He studied art in his home town, then for some time in England. He was sent to England by his father to follow a commercial career, but returned in 1770, determined to become an artist, and studied for two years in Amsterdam under Jacob de Vos and Cornelis Ploos van Amstel with such success that he was elected a member of the Academy. He settled afterwards at Rotterdam.
He painted in oils and watercolors, doing landscapes and marines. His work is distinguished by skillful manipulation and life-like depiction. His work as a draftsman and etcher was also notable. He was esteemed for his numerous drawings, executed in pen and heightened with India ink.
He was a cousin of Ferdinand Kobell and Franz Kobell, German painters and brothers, and the father of Jan Kobell, an animal painter.
The German and Netherlands Wikipedias give 1779 as his year of death. This article incorporates text from publications now in the public domain: