The Quiet Devotion of a Northern Painter In the winding streets of 's-Hertogenbosch, a young man named Johannes Franciscus Kops began to find his voice through the brush. Born in 1873, he was a child of the Netherlands, shaped by the light and the traditions of his home. His early years were spent under the watchful eyes of Julien Dony and P.M. Slager Sr. at the Royal School, where the foundations of his craft were laid. He was a stude…