Johannes van Haensbergen
Johannes van Haensbergen | |
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 Italianate landscape by Johannes van Haensbergen. | |
| Born | 2 January 1642 |
| Died | 10 January 1705 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Known for | painting |
| Movement | Baroque |
Johannes (Jan) van Haensbergen (1642–1705) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
Maria Duyst van Voorhout, founder of the Fundatie van Renswoude
, ca. 1685-1690He was registered in the
Utrecht Guild of St. Luke in 1668 and in 1669 he was registered in the Confrerie Pictura in The Hague, where he married Johanna van Heusden and worked on portraits for the elite there.[1]
According to Houbraken he was born in Cornelius van Poelenburgh, and though he was quite successful in imitating his master's style of landscape painting, he switched to portraits since he could make a comfortable living making flattering ladies portraits that made their skin look whiter.[2]
He became active as an art dealer, probably aided by his appointment as headman of the confrerie, where he also gave lessons, though only his son Willem Johan van Haensbergen (1680-1755), born after his second marriage to Sophia van der Snouck in 1679, is listed as his pupil.[1]
According to Houbraken, Haensbergen became an art dealer in The Hague with a man named "De Jode", who was "
Jan Both, a collaborator with Poelenburgh who Haensbergen probably knew personally. Houbraken remarked on the beauty of a large painting 6 feet high of Argus Panoptes and Mercury that he had once seen himself in De Jode's collection.[3]
His landscapes show the influence of Poelenburgh and his portraits show the influence of Caspar Netscher.[1]
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References
- ^ RKD
- ^ Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ Jan Both biography in De groote schouburgh
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