Hendrick Joseph Dillens
Hendrik Joseph Dillens (1812 in Ghent – 1872 in Brussels), a Belgian genre painter. He executed several pleasing and spirited paintings, among the best of which are:
Archer the Winner, 1851, now in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg
- The French Trooper caressing his Child.
- The Capture of the Maid of Orleans.
- An Old Man giving Counsel to Two Youths.
- Consecration of a Church (with over 200 figures).
Hendrik Joseph Dillens | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hendrik Joseph Dillens ca. 1812 Ghent, Belgium |
| Died | ca. 1872 Brussels, Belgium |
| Occupation | Painter |
The Bird's Nest, 1855
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Dillens, Hendrik". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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