Lambertus Johannes Hansen

Biography

According to the RKD he was the son of the cityscape painter Carel Lodewijk Hansen and the brother of Carel II (born 1793). He was a pupil of his father, Jean Augustin Daiwaille, Charles Howard Hodges, Jan Hulswit, Pieter Barbiers IV and Jan Willem Pieneman. He is known for historical interiors in the manner of Pieter de Hooch. In 1832 he won a silver medal for his painting after a nude model in the category nudes. In 1833 he became a member of the Koninklijke Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. He later taught Hendrik Jacobus Scholten when he became a teacher there.