Artist: Hendrick Van Balen (1575 - 1632)
Nationality: Flemish
Movement: Flemish School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Well-educated under the encouragement of this merchant father, Hendrik van Balen was either trained by an Italian painter in Antwerp of absorbed that influence on his travels in Italy from 1595 to 1600. Van Balen became a master at the Guild of St. Luke in 1592 and began teaching regularly ten years later. He taught many talented pupils such as Anthony van Dyck and Frans Snyder. Known for his cabinet pictures and large altarpieces, Van Balen usually favored allegorical and mythological subjects. In addition, he painted small nudes and landscapes on copper or oak.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Portrait du peintre Hendrick van Balen (17e siècle) by DYCK Antoon van (d'après)
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Portrait de Hendrick van Balen (17e siècle) by DYCK Antoon van (d'après)
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LA TOILETTE D'HERSE (4e quart 16e siècle ; 1er quart 17e siècle) by anonyme ; BALEN Hendrick VAN Le Vieux (d'après)
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Portrait of Hendrick van Balen
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Les quatre éléments (1ère moitié 17e siècle) by BALEN Hendrick van (attribué)
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Hendrick van Balen the Elder - Pan pursuing Syrinx after 1615 oil on copper The National Gallery, London Dutch
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LE MARIAGE MYSTIQUE DE SAINTE CATHERINE (4e quart 16e siècle ; 1er quart 17e siècle) by VENIUS Otto, VEEN Otto Van (dit)
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L'enlèvement d'Europe (1ère moitié 17e siècle) by BALEN Hendrick van
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Jan Brueghel the Elder Feast of the Gods oil on copper circa 1600
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Jan Brueghel the Elder Frame for "Feast of the Gods" oil on copper circa 1600
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Landscape with Ceres (Allegory of Earth)
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Diane au bain et Actéon (2e quart 17e siècle) by VAN BALEN Hendrik (atelier)
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Jésus appelant à lui les petits enfants (1ère moitié 17e siècle) by BALEN Hendrik van le Vieux
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Vertumne et Pomone ; Scène dans un parc (titre ancien) (1ère moitié 17e siècle) by BALEN Hendrick van
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Mercure du haut des cieux contemple Hersé et Aglaure se rendant au temple de Minerve (1ère moitié 17e siècle) by BALEN Hendrick van
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LE FESTIN DES DIEUX (4e quart 16e siècle ; 1ère moitié 17e siècle) by BALEN Hendrik Van le Vieux ; BRUEGHEL Jan I, BRUEGHEL de VELOURS (dit)
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Paul Pontius Hendrik von Balen, (after van Dyck's Iconographia) engraving 17th century
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Wenceslas Hollar Portrait of Johannes van Balen etching and/or engraving 17th century
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Hendrik Van Balen - The Trinity c. 1620 oil on wood Cleveland Museum of Art Flemish
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JESUS CHEZ MARTHE ET MARIE (1620) by STEENWYCK Hendrick Van, STEENWYCK Hendrick le Jeune (dit)
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Hendrick Terbruggen The Lute Player oil on canvas 16th - 17th century
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Pluton, tenant une torche, placé dans une niche by GOLTZIUS Hendrick (d'après)
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Le Christ succombant sous le poids de la Croix by BATTEM Gerrit van
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Mise au tombeau (4e quart 16e siècle ; 1ère moitié 17e siècle) by RUBENS Peter Paulus ; GOLTZIUS Hendrick (inspiré par)
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Général romain à cheval by GOLTZIUS Hendrick (d'après)
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Wenceslas Hollar Johannes van Balen 17th century
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Wenceslas Hollar Johannes van Balen 17th century
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LA MARCHANDE DE POISSONS (2e moitié 17e siècle) by NEER Eglon Hendrick Van der
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MERCURE ET HERSE (4e quart 16e siècle ; 1ère moitié 17e siècle) by BALEN Hendrik Van le Vieux (attribué)
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Jeune homme frappant du pied une femme, à gauche, deux vieillards stupéfaits (1ère moitié 17e siècle) by BALEN Hendrik van le Vieux
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A Kitchen Hendrick Martensz. Sorgh (Dutch, 1609-11–1670)Oil on wood; 20 1/2 x 17 3/8 in.
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Hendrik I van Balen - Adoration of the Shepherds c. 1595 oil on copper The Fitzwilliam Museum Flemish
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Loth et ses filles (1ère moitié 17e siècle) by BALEN Hendrik van le Vieux
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Artist: Hendrick Terbrugghen Title: The Gamblers Date: 1623 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: H.33 x
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Hendrik I van Balen - Judgement of Paris n.d. oil on copper The Fitzwilliam Museum Flemish
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Au cabaret : la première pipe (17e siècle) by SORGH Hendrick Maertensz (attribué)
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MARINE (17e siècle) by DUBBELS Hendrick
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Wenceslas Hollar Johannes van Balen, (after his painted self-portrait) etching and/or engraving 17th century
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MARINE (17e siècle) by DUBBELS Hendrick
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LE MARCHE AUX HERBES (17e siècle) by MOMMERS Hendrick
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Hendrick Dirk Kruseman Van Elten Old Mill on the Creek etching 1883
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Etude de diverses figures issues de différents épisodes de la Bible (4e quart 16e siècle ; 1ère moitié 17e siècle) by RUBENS Peter Paulus ; GOLTZIUS Hendrick (inspiré par)
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Marine by SPILMAN Hendrick
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La Cène by CLERCK Hendrick de
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Bust of A Crying Child, Hendrick de Keyser (Holland, Utrecht, 1565 - 1621)  (Artist), circa 1615, Bronze with traces of silver
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Paysage (1712) by CARRE Hendrick le Vieux
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La Prudence by GOLTZIUS Hendrick
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Treize études de vaches (4e quart 16e siècle ; 1er quart 17e siècle) by CLERCK Hendrick de
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Le Christ au roseau (4e quart 16e siècle ; 1er quart 17e siècle) by CLERCK Hendrick de (manière de)
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LE DUO (1628) by BRUGGHEN Hendrick Ter
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Intérieur d'église avec femme au pied d'une chaire (17e siècle) by VRIES Abraham de ; STREEK Hendrick van (d'après)
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ANDRIES HOOFTMAN (1ère moitié 17e siècle) by POT Hendrick
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Homme nu, debout, de dos by GOLTZIUS Hendrick (d'après)
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Quatre études d'hommes (4e quart 16e siècle ; 1ère moitié 17e siècle) by RUBENS Peter Paulus ; STIMMER Tobias (inspiré par)
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Un village avec des maisons à toit de chaume by MEYER Hendrick de II
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INTERIEUR D'UN TEMPLE PROTESTANT (17e siècle) by VLIET Hendrick Cornélisz Van der
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A Renaissance Portico with Elegant Figures, ca. 1615 Hendrick van Steenwyck II (Flemish, born about
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Bust of an Angel
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Bacchus et Ariane (17e siècle) by VAN BALEN Hendrik le Vieux (attribué à) ; VAN DER LAEMEN Christoph Jacobsz (attribué à)
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Réunion de famille, devant un lit, dans un intérieur by GOUDT Hendrick

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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Fotomuseum, Winterthur: Remake Berlin: CleggandGuttmann, Astrid Klein, Remy Markowitsch, Boris Mikhailov, Juergen Teller, Frank Thiel, Celine van Balen and Stephen Wilks
What is BerlinNULL One thing is certain: today's Berlin can only be described as a collection of diverse phenomena. The words I am a Berliner, uttered by John F. Kennedy in 1963, are no longer valid; at best, they would have to have been ...
Art Institute of Chicago: In Sight: Contemporary Dutch Photography from the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Alongside this core of seven photographers, the exhibition samples the work of others-especially those of the younger generation-who have shown themselves inspired anew through various genres and approaches such as the portrait, landscape, social ...
Museum of New Art: Going Dutch: New Photography from the Netherlands
Transformation and mutation are some of the central themes in much of this work, depicting dynamic moments where time seems to have stopped still. Many of the photographs brought together in the museum exhibition GOING DUTCH were taken in b...
Bonnefanten Museum: The Rijksmuseum Comes to Maastricht: Works from the Southern Netherlands on Loan
Next year, the current loan scheme will be extended further due to the ongoing refurbishment of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which as a result will only be able to exhibit the highlights of 17th century art from the Northern Netherlands. ...

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