| Adriaen Hanneman | |
|---|---|
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| Vital statistics | |
| Title | Artist |
| Gender | Male |
| Status | Deceased |
| Ships | None |
| Relationships | None |
| Appearances | Mentioned in: II. |
| Portrayed by | N/A |
Adriaen Hanneman (1603-1671) was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his portraits of Dutch and British nobility.
Biography[]
Background[]
Hanneman was born to a wealthy Catholic gamily in the Hague and studied under portrait artist Jan Antoinisz van Ravesteyn. He left for England in 1632, where he lived for 16 years. He was influenced by a number of artists there, and was introduced to the court. He eventually returned to his home and married van Ravesteyn’s daughter, Maria. After her death, he married Alida Bezemer.
Like many other Catholic painters, he fell on hard times as war with France grew more and more likely. He eventually died in 1671, and left all of his drawings and engravings to one of his students. Despite being respected and successful, his entire estate was worth only 1,000 guilders.
Season One[]
Captain Naft brings a painting by Hanneman, a portrait of a woman with one breast bared while holding a plant next to a bowl of fruit, along with an obvious forgery to be appraised by Frasier. Due to their “similarities,” Naft believes that they are both worth the same amount of money, correctly pointing out that both have the fruit, bared breast and plant present. Frasier tries to explain that one is a masterpiece of Adriaen Hanneman, while the forgery is “an abomination.” He says that to suggest that one of the works has any bearing on the value of the other strains the bounds of reason. Naft repeats his point about the fruit, breast and plant, and the two continue arguing until Frasier is summoned to the Inn.
Quotes[]
- "Fruit. Fruit. Tits. Tits. Plant. Plant. It's the fucking same."
"Yes, Captain, I'm sure they look the same. As I explained, this is the work of Adriaen Hanneman. A masterwork, unmistakably. This is an abomination. To suggest that the value of one has any bearing on the other simply strains the very bounds of reason!" - ―Naft and Frasier[src]
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