Hendrik Carré

Hendrik Carré (October 2, 1656, Amsterdam – July 7, 1721, The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was a pupil first of Jacob Jordaens in Antwerp, and then Juriaen Jacobsze in Leeuwarden, where he painted for Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz.[1]

According to the RKD he was the son of Franciscus Carree and became Jacobsze's pupil in Leeuwarden in 1669. He married in The Hague in 1683, where he stayed.[2] His pupils were his sons Hendrik and Franciscus Abraham, his younger brothers Abraham and Michiel, Carel Galois, Emilie Raes, and Pieter de Raep.[2] He painted Italianate landscapes and genre pieces.[2]

References

  1. ↑ (in Dutch) Juriaan Jacobsze Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. 1 2 3 Hendrik Carré in the RKD
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