Hendrick Joseph Dillens

Hendrik Joseph Dillens
Born	Hendrik Joseph Dillens 1812 (1812) Ghent, First French Empire
Died	1872 (aged 59–60) Ixelles, Belgium
Occupation	Painter

The Bird's Nest, 1855

Hendrik Joseph Dillens (1812 – 1872), a Belgian genre painter. He created several paintings including the following:

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.