Hendrik Carré (October 2, 1656,

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– July 7, 1721,

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), was a

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painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was a pupil first of Jacob Jordaens in Antwerp, and then Juriaen Jacobsze in

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...

, where he painted for

Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (18 January 1657 – 25 March 1696) was Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen from 1664 till 1696. Life Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz was born in The Hague, the eldest son of Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz ...

.Juriaan Jacobsze Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

, courtesy of the

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According to the RKD he was the son of

Franciscus Carree Franciscus Carree or Frans Carré (ca. 1630 - 1669) was a Dutch painter. He was either born in Leeuwarden or Antwerp. In 1649 he married Janneke Padtbrugge in The Hague where he became a member of the guild, and spent most of his career. Between ...

and became Jacobsze's pupil in Leeuwarden in 1669. He married in The Hague in 1683, where he stayed.Hendrik Carré
in the RKD His pupils were his sons Hendrik and Franciscus Abraham, his younger brothers

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and

Michiel Michiel is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to Michael and a Venetian surname. Given name *Michiel Andrieszoon (died 1684), Dutch pirate *Michiel Bartman (born 1967), Dutch rower *Michiel Borstlap (born 1966), Dutch pianist and composer ...

, Carel Galois, Emilie Raes, and Pieter de Raep. He painted Italianate landscapes and genre pieces.

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Hendrik Carré
on Artnet {{DEFAULTSORT:Carre, Hendrik 1656 births 1721 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Amsterdam Artists from The Hague