Joris van der Haagen's father Abraham (1587 - 1639) was also a painter, principally active in Arnhem. Joris is presumed to have trained in his studio there, and in 1640 he is recorded in The Hague, where he married and subsequently took citizenship in 1644. He was active in both the painter's guild and confraternity. He died in The Hague in May 1669.
Joris van der Haagen was a landscape painter who specialised in the representation of thickly wooded countryside, but he is best known for his topographical drawings and paintings of towns and individual houses and castles. Two of his sons, Cornelis and Jacobus, were also painters.
Joris van der Haagen
about 1615 - 1669
Paintings by Joris van der Haagen
A quiet river meanders through thinly wooded countryside towards a distant, misty horizon, almost shielded from view by a low hill. The clear water catches the cool evening light, and the gnarled trunks of the trees give a sense of age and permanence. But overhead, the leaves are turning brown as...
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