Hans Hysing

Hans Huyssing or Hans Hysing (1678–1752 or 1753)[1] was a Swedish- born portrait-painter.[2]

Arthur Onslow - Speaker of the House of Commons by Hysing

Biography

Hans Hysing was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith, before studying portrait painting under David von Krafft. He went to England in 1700 as assistant to fellow Swedish portrait-painter Michael Dahl, with whom he lived for many years.[3]

He succeeded after Dahl's death to his practice and adopted his manner. His patron was the family of George II, and he painted the queen, the three royal princesses, and George III as a boy. Many of his portraits, including Sir Robert Walpole, the speaker Arthur Onslow, Dr. John Theophilus Desaguliers, James Gibbs (the architect), were engraved in mezzotint by John Faber (1695–1756), and others.

References
  1. National Portrait Gallery, London
  2. "Hysing (Huyssing), Hans". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Huyssing, Hans" . Dictionary of National Biography. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.


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