Hans Huyssing or Hans Hysing (1678–1752 or 1753) was a

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- born portrait painter.

Biography

Hysing was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and apprenticed to a goldsmith before studying portrait painting under David von Krafft. Hysing went to England in 1700 as assistant to fellow Swedish portrait painter

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, with whom he lived for many years. Hysing succeeded to Dahl's practice after the latter's death, and also adopted Dahl's manner. Hysing's patronz were the family of

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, painting the queen, the three royal princesses, and

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as a boy. Many of Hysing's portraits, including Sir

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, the speaker

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, Dr.

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, and architect

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were engraved in

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by John Faber (1695–1756), and others.

References

17th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters 18th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish male artists Artists from Stockholm 1678 births Swedish emigrants to the United Kingdom 1750s deaths {{Sweden-painter-stub