David de Haen

Dutch Caravaggesque painter and draughtsman

David de Haen
Self portrait (1617-1619), oil on canvas, 65.8 x 51 cm, private collection
Born	1585 Amsterdam
Died	8 August 1622(1622-08-08) (aged 36–37) Palazzo Giustiniani^[1] Rome
Nationality	Dutch
Known for	painting
Movement	Caravaggisti

Patron(s)	Pietro Cussida Vincenzo Giustiniani

David de Haen (1585, Amsterdam – 1622, Rome), was a Dutch Caravaggesque painter and draughtsman, active in Rome between 1615 and 1622.

Biography

David was born in Amsterdam and moved to Rome at a young age where he would remain the rest of his life.^[2] He worked with Dirk van Baburen in Rome on the decoration of the chapel of the Pietà in the church of San Pietro in Montorio (1617–20).^[3] In 1619 and the spring of 1620 de Haen and van Baburen were living in the same house in the Roman parish of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte.^[4] He was a follower of Caravaggio and painted religious and historical paintings^[5]

References

^ Fokker, T.H. (1927). "Twee Nederlandsche navolgers van Caravaggio te Rome". Oud Holland (in Dutch). 44: 131–137. doi:10.1163/187501727X00183. JSTOR 42722571.
^ Biographical details in the Larousse encyclopedie
^ Slatkes, Leonard (1966). "David de Haen and Dirck van Baburen in Rome". Oud Holland. 81 (3): 173–186. doi:10.1163/187501766X00270. JSTOR 42711371.
^ Leonard J. Slatkes. "Baburen, Dirck van." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 22 Nov. 2013
^ David de Haen in the RKD

External links

David de Haen on Artnet
Wayne E. Franits, University of Syracuse, Additions (and Subtractions) to David de Haen (c. 1597–1622), Lecture recorded at the National Gallery of Canada on June 18, 2011