Adriaen Honich (1643,

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– c.1684), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken, who mentioned him three times with different spellings of his name, he was known as "Lossenbruy" in a poem about the Bentvueghels, where he was called Adriaan Honing, landscape painter from Dordrecht.Adriaan Honich in Bent poem
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the

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He was mentioned as Adriaan Honich when he signed

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' , and he was mentioned as Adriaan Honig, or Lossenbruier, when he made the acquaintance of Jan van Bunnik in Rome. According to the RKD he is known for italianate landscapes, but his whereabouts after 1674 (when he signed Genoels' ) are unknown.Adriaen Honich
in the

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Some still life drawings are attributed to him. He died before 1694.

References

Adriaen Honich
on Artnet {{DEFAULTSORT:Honich, Adriaen 1643 births 1684 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch landscape painters Artists from Dordrecht Members of the Bentvueghels