Hendrick Joseph Dillens
Hendrik Joseph Dillens (1812 – 1872), a Belgian genre painter. He created several paintings including the following: • Illustration — 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).
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Hendrick Joseph Dillens
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- Name
- Hendrik Joseph Dillens
- Born
- 1812
- Birthplace
- Ghent, First French Empire
- Died
- 1872
- Place of death
- Ixelles, Belgium
- Occupation
- Painter
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Fields
- genre
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Hendrik Joseph Dillens (1812 – 1872), a Belgian genre painter. He created several paintings including the following: • Illustration — 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).
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Hendrick Joseph Dillens (1812–1872) was a Belgian painter and printmaker. Born in Ghent, the painter died in Ixelles.
Genres include genre. Works by Hendrick Joseph Dillens are held at Hermitage Museum, Liege Fine Arts Museum and Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), among others.
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• Name — Hendrik Joseph Dillens • Birth Name — Hendrik Joseph Dillens • Born — 1812 • Birthplace — Ghent, First French Empire • Died — 1872 • Place of death — Ixelles, Belgium • Occupation — Painter • Illustration — The Bird's Nest, 1855
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Henrik Dillens, Hendrik Joseph Dillens, Henri-Joseph Dillens and Henri Dillens. 3 children are recorded: Marie Dillens, Julien Dillens and Albert Dillens. Other recorded relations include Theophiel Coopman.
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Hendrick Joseph Dillens is recorded as painter and printmaker.
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Hendrick Joseph Dillens
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1812
Hendrick Joseph Dillens was born in 1812 at Ghent.
1872
Hendrick Joseph Dillens died in 1872 at Ixelles.
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