Joris Ponse, a painter of birds, fruit, and flowers, was born at Dordrecht

Dordrecht

Dordrecht , colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the fourth largest city of the province, having a population of 118,601 in 2009...

 in or after 1723. He was a scholar of Aert Schouman

Aert Schouman

Aert Schouman or Aart Schouman , was a prolific and versatile Dutch painter, glass engraver, printmaker, collector and dealer, who produced still lifes, biblical and mythological themes, natural history studies, genre, historical works, portraits, sketches, etchings and mezzotints...

. He passed through many vicissitudes, being at one time reduced to gain a livelihood by house-painting. In middle life he was established at Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, where he had some pupils, among them Arie Lamme

Arie Lamme

Arie Lamme , was a Dutch landscape painter and poet.Lamme studied under Joris Ponse at Utrecht, and practised in the style of Aelbert Cuyp. He was much engaged on decorative work, and was also a poet...

. His pictures are very scarce. He died at Dordrecht in or after 1783.