page_title: Hendrick Joseph Dillens
hierarchical_section_title: Hendrick Joseph Dillens
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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).
caption: The Bird's Nest, 1855
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