David de Haen (1585,

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– 1622,

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), was a Dutch Caravaggesque painter and

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, active in Rome between 1615 and 1622.

Biography

David was born in Amsterdam and moved to Rome at a young age where he would remain the rest of his life. He worked with

Dirk van Baburen Dirck Jaspersz. van Baburen (c. 1595 – 21 February 1624) was a Dutch painter and one of the Utrecht Caravaggisti. Biography Dirck van Baburen was probably born in Wijk bij Duurstede, but his family moved to Utrecht when he was still youn ...

in Rome on the decoration of the chapel of the Pietà in the church of

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(1617–20). In 1619 and the spring of 1620 de Haen and van Baburen were living in the same house in the Roman parish of

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.Leonard J. Slatkes. "Baburen, Dirck van." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 22 Nov. 2013
/ref> He was a follower of

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

and painted religious and historical paintingsDavid de Haen
in the

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External links

David de Haen
on

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Wayne E. Franits, University of Syracuse, Additions (and Subtractions) to David de Haen (c. 1597–1622), Lecture recorded at the National Gallery of Canada on June 18, 2011
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haen, David de 1585 births 1622 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Amsterdam Dutch emigrants to Italy