Hendrik Carré the Younger (1696–1775), was an 18th-century painter from the

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Biography

He was born in The Hague as the son of Hendrik Carré.Hendrik Carré
in the

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He became a member of the

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in 1719. He was the younger brother of Abraham and the older brother of Johannes, and is known for miniatures, wall decorations,

grisaille Grisaille ( or ; , from ''gris'' 'grey') means in general any European painting that is painted in grey. History Giotto used grisaille in the lower registers of his frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua () and Robert Campin, Jan van Ey ...

s, and stage decorations for the French theatre of the Hague.Biography of Hendrik Carré the younger in

Johan van Gool Johan, or Jan van Gool (1685–1763), was a Dutch painter and writer from The Hague, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age. Life Jan van Gool was a pupil of Simon van der Does and Mattheus Terwesten.

's "De nieuwe Schouburg der Nederlantsche Kunstschilders en Schilderessen", 1750, Vol. II, p. 217 He died in The Hague.

Works

His grisaille oil painting ''Hulde aan Pomona'' (''Homage to Pomona'') is in the collection of the

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, Netherlands.

References

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1696 births 1775 deaths 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Dutch male painters Painters from The Hague {{Netherlands-painter-stub