The New International Encyclopædia/Hasenclever, Johann Peter

HASENCLEVER, hä'zen-klā'vẽr, (1810-53). A German painter, born at Remscheid. He studied under Schadow, at the Düsseldorf Academy, and then spent some years in Munich and Italy. After 1842 he settled in Düsseldorf. His works are usually humorous genre subjects, such as &ldquo;A Family Quarrel&rdquo; (1837, New Pinakothek, Munich); &ldquo;Tasting Wine,&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Reading Room&rdquo; (1843, both in National Gallery, Berlin); &ldquo;Topers in the Wine-cellar&rdquo; (1847, Ravené Gallery, Berlin). He also executed a series of scenes from Kortum's Jobsiade, including &ldquo;The Examination&rdquo; (1840, New Pinakothek, Munich); &ldquo;The School&rdquo; (1846, Ravené Gallery, Berlin); and &ldquo;Jobs as Night Watchman&rdquo; (1852, ib.). His &ldquo;Gaming-Table&rdquo; is his most important work of a serious nature. He was also successful in portraiture.