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Casparis Haanen (baptized 17 June 1778, Bilzen - 25 January 1849, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, paper cutter and draftsman.
He lived in Utrecht until around 1830: interrupted around 1812/14 by a stay in Oosterhout, in Brabant. He settled in Amsterdam after 1830.
There, he became known for painting church interiors. In his later years, he also became an art dealer and did restorative work. A large collection of his silhouettes may be seen at the Rijksprentenkabinet.
Many of his other works are on display at the Rijksmuseum and the Kröller-Müller Museum.
Haanen was married to Isabella Johanna Sangster. Several of their children also became artists; namely, Adriana Johanna, Elisabeth Alida, George Gilles and Remigius Adrianus.
Ary Scheffer was a Dutch-French Romantic painter. He was known mostly for his works based on literature, with paintings based on the works of Dante, Goethe, and Lord Byron, as well as religious subjects. He was also a prolific painter of portraits of famous and influential people in his lifetime. Politically, Scheffer had strong ties to King Louis Philippe I, having been employed as a teacher of the latter's children, which allowed him to live a life of luxury for many years until the French Revolution of 1848.
Remigius Adrianus Haanen or Remigius (Remy) van Haanen, was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. He was the son of the papercutter Casparis Haanen and was the brother of the painters George Gillis Haanen, Elisabeth Alida Haanen and Adriana Johanna Haanen. After learning his trade from his father and at the Academy of Utrecht, he moved in 1837 from the Netherlands to Austria, where he was active in Vienna.
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Lambertus Antonius Claessens or Lambert Antoine Claessens was a Flemish engraver, print artist, copyist and publisher. He trained initially in Antwerp as a landscape painter and then in London as an engraver with Francesco Bartolozzi. He was active in Amsterdam and Paris. He is known for his reproductive prints mainly of portraits and old master paintings.
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Andries Snoek was a Dutch actor and director. He was born in Rotterdam, the son of Jan Snoek and Helena de Ruyter, and the brother of actresses Anna Maria and Helena Snoek. Despite his low birth, he became one of the most famous northern Dutch actors of his time. In 1791 he joined the Nederduitse Acteurs of Ward Bingley. In response to the Batavian Revolution, Snoek left Rotterdam. Liesbeth Sparks calls him a “‘method actor’ avant la lettre”.
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