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 Juriaen Jacobsz, also known as Georg Albert Jacobsz (December 17, 1624, Hamburg – 1685, Leeuwarden), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait and animal painter. He was a pupil of Frans Snyders in Antwerp and a teacher of Hendrik Carré in Leeuwa ...

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, where he painted for

Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz ( Dutch: ''Hendrik Casimir II van 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, th ...

.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 people, Dutch Painting, painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadt ...

, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature According to the RKD he was the son of Franciscus Carree and became Jacobsze's pupil in Leeuwarden in 1669. He married in The Hague in 1683, where he stayed.Hendrik Carré
in the

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His pupils were his sons Hendrik and Franciscus Abraham, his younger brothers

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and

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

References

External links

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