Johann Peter Hasenclever


Johann Peter Hasenclever was a German painter, known mostly for his genre subjects.
He was born at Remscheid. He studied under Wilhelm von Schadow, at the Düsseldorf Academy, and then spent some years in Munich and Italy. After 1842 he settled in Düsseldorf.

Works

His works are usually humorous genre subjects, such as A family quarrel ; Tasting wine, and The Reading Room ; and Topers in the wine cellar.
He also executed a series of scenes from Carl Arnold Kortum's Jobsiade, including Hieronymus Jobs im Examen ; The school ; and Jobs as night watchman. His Gaming table is his most important work of a serious nature. He was also successful in portraiture.