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Constantijn Netscher
Dutch painter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Constantijn Netscher (16 December 1668 – 27 March 1723)[1] was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic.
Biography
He was born in The Hague. According to Houbraken he was the son of Caspar Netscher and the brother of Theodorus.[2] He meant to make a biographical sketch of him in his birth year but died before he got that far in his "Schouburg".[2]
According to the RKD he was the son of Caspar and brother to the painters Theodor and Anthonie van Netscher.[3] He became the son-in-law of Johan van Haensbergen when he married 6 February 1709 to Magdalena van Haensbergen.[3] He is known for portraits, historical allegories, and italianate landscapes.[3] He became the teacher of Hendrick Doorschodt, Dirk Kindt, or Kint, Coenraet Roepel, and Mattheus Verheyden.[3]
Netscher died in 1723 in The Hague and is buried there in the Haansbergen family grave in the Kloosterkerk.[3]
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