Gillis Haanen artwork • painting • previously for sale Siege in the mountains
Gillis Haanen
Utrecht 1807-1881 Aken (Duitsland)
1807-1881
Siege in the mountains
oil on canvas 38.0 x 30.0 cm, painted ca. 1853
This painting was previously for sale.
Gillis Haanen, like his younger sister Elizabeth Alida, made a name for himself by painting interiors and churches in sunlight, candlelight and lamplight, with a great eye for detail. A subject with which his father Casparis Haanen also gained fame. But he also painted beautiful, romantic cityscapes and landscapes, including some together with his brother Remigius Haanen and J.W. Bilders. Gillis Haanen traveled extensively in Germany, Belgium and Austria and lived in Cologne for a longer period between 1854 and 1860.