Hendrick Joseph Dillens

Hendrik Joseph Dillens (1812 in Ghent – 1872 in Brussels), a Belgian genre painter. He executed several pleasing and spirited paintings, among the best of which are:

Hendrik Joseph Dillens
Born	Hendrik Joseph Dillens ca. 1812 Ghent, Belgium
Died	ca. 1872 Brussels, Belgium
Occupation	Painter

The Bird's Nest, 1855

Archer the Winner, 1851, now in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg

• The French Trooper caressing his Child.
• The Capture of the Maid of Orleans.
• An Old Man giving Counsel to Two Youths.
• Consecration of a Church (with over 200 figures).

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Dillens, Hendrik". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.