Hendrick Joseph Dillens Explained

Hendrik Joseph Dillens
Birth Name:	Hendrik Joseph Dillens
Birth Date:	ca. 1812
Birth Place:	Ghent, Belgium
Death Date:	ca. 1872
Death Place:	Brussels, Belgium
Occupation:	Painter

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:

• 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).