Hendrick Joseph Dillens

Hendrik Joseph Dillens, a Belgian genre painter, was born at Ghent in 1812, and died at Brussels in 1872. He executed several pleasing and spirited paintings, among the best of which are:

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).