Constantijn Netscher (16 December 1668 – 27 March 1723)
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Biography

He was born in

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. According to Houbraken he was the son of

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and the brother of Theodorus.Caspar Netscher Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

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, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature He meant to make a biographical sketch of him in his birth year but died before he got that far in his "Schouburg". According to the RKD he was the son of Caspar and brother to the painters Theodor and Anthonie van Netscher.Constantijn Netscher
in the

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He became the son-in-law of Johan van Haensbergen when he married 6 February 1709 to Magdalena van Haensbergen. He is known for portraits, historical allegories, and italianate landscapes. He became the teacher of Hendrick Doorschodt, Dirk Kindt, or Kint, Coenraet Roepel, and Mattheus Verheyden. Netscher died in 1723 in The Hague and is buried there in the Haansbergen family grave in the Kloosterkerk.

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