Adriaen Honich

Stadhuisbrug, Utrecht, 1663

Adriaen Honich (1643, Dordrecht – c.1684), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken, who mentioned him three times with different spellings of his name, he was known as "Lossenbruy" in a poem about the Bentvueghels, where he was called Adriaan Honing, landscape painter from Dordrecht.^[1] He was mentioned as Adriaan Honich when he signed Abraham Genoels bentbrief, and he was mentioned as Adriaan Honig, or Lossenbruier,when he made the acquaintance of Jan van Bunnik in Rome.^[1]

According to the RKD he is known for italianate landscapes, but his whereabouts after 1674 (when he signed Genoels bentbrief) are unknown.^[2] Some still life drawings are attributed to him.^[2] He died before 1694.^[2]

References

1 2 (in Dutch) Adriaan Honich in Bent poem in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
1 2 3 Adriaen Honich in the RKD

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[Houbraken-1] 1 2 (in Dutch) Adriaan Honich in Bent poem in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature

[RKD-2] 1 2 3 Adriaen Honich in the RKD