Johannes van Haensbergen

Johannes van Haensbergen
Italianate landscape by Johannes van Haensbergen.
Born	2 January 1642 Gorinchem
Died	January 10, 1705(1705-01-10) (aged 63) The Hague
Nationality	Dutch
Field	painting
Movement	Baroque

Johannes (Jan) van Haensbergen (1642–1705) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

He 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 worked until he died.^[1] According to Houbraken he was a student of Cornelius van Poelenburgh, and though he was quite successful in imitating his master's style, he switched to portraits since he could make a comfortable living that way.^[2] Though he is considered by some to have been born in Utrecht, he signed his name 'Joh. Haensbergh Gorco fecit', which leads historians to conclude he was from Gorinchem. His portraits show the influence of Caspar Netscher.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Johannes van Haensbergen in the RKD
^ (Dutch) Joannes van Haansbergen biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature

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Name	Haensbergen, Johannes Van
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Date of birth	2 January 1642
Place of birth	Gorinchem
Date of death	10 January 1705
Place of death	The Hague