Hendrik Carré II

Grisaille

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

Biography

He was born in The Hague as the son of Hendrik Carré.[1] He became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in 1719.[1] He was the younger brother of Abraham and the older brother of Johannes, and is known for miniatures, wall decorations, grisailles, and stage decorations for the French theatre of the Hague.[2] He died in The Hague.

Works

His grisaille oil painting Hulde aan Pomona (Homage to Pomona) is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Hendrik Carré in the RKD
  2. ↑ Biography of Hendrik Carré the younger in Johan van Gool's "De nieuwe Schouburg der Nederlantsche Kunstschilders en Schilderessen", 1750, Vol. II, p. 217
  3. ↑ "Homage to Pomona/Hulde aan Pomona, Hendrik Carré (II), 1734". Rijksmuseum website. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
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