Jakub Bogdan (1660 Prešov – 1724 Finchley, London), Slovak baroque painter. Together with his parents he left Slovakia due to Habsburg counter-reformation. He received his artistic education in Holland. At the end of the 1680’s he left for England, where he was invited along with other artists by William of Orange, the Vice-Regent of Holland, who became king of England (Wiliam III). Jakub Bogdan permanently settled in England. His very first pictures painted for the royal residence in Hampton Court earned him recognition. He later settled in Hitchin, near Cambridge, where he became a famous still-life painter. His works were commissioned...