Adriaen Hanneman - Artist Info

About Adriaen Hanneman

  • Biography

    Born in The Hague, Adriaen Hanneman trained under the portrait painters Anthony van Ravesteyn (1580-1669) and his brother Jan (1572-1657). Following the example of many other Dutch and Flemish artists he came to London circa 1626 in search of the rich patronage to be found at the hands of the English nobility and the Caroline court, and in 1630 he married an English girl, Elizabeth Wilson.

    The heavy influence of Van Dyck on his work from this period suggests that he was probably involved in that master's studio in Blackfriars. Hanneman remained in England for over a decade. His name appears in the Lord Mayor's survey of foreigners resident in London in 1635, living in Holborn, and he only returned to The Hague betw...

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