The Haarlem-born artist Joannes Pieter Visser Bender was a promiment member of the Haarlem drawing academy, or ‘Teekencollegie’.He had also been taught by Warnaar Horstink and Izaak Jansz. De Wit. His early death was unfortunate, as the young artist was already one of the academy’s most promising and gifted members. Visser Bender’s drawings are characterized by their distinctive careful hatching. Dated figure studies are known from 1802, 1803, 1805 and 1806, preserved in the Teyler Museum, Haarlem, which holds the largest collection of the artist’s works.