HUCHTENBURG, JOHN VAN Dutch painter, a native of Haarlem, was first taught by Thomas Wyk, and afterward visited Italy, where he lived in Rome with his brother Jacob, who spent all his life in Italy and painted land scapes, very few of which are extant. After Jacob's death, John wandered homewards, taking Paris on his way, and served under Van der Meulen, then employed in illustrating for Louis XIV. the campaign of 1667-68 in the Low Countries. In 167o he settled at Haarlem, where he married, and kept a dealer's shop. He pro duced pictures of hunts and robber camps, and, later, ventured on cavalry skirmishes and engagements or regular troops. These were admired by Prince Eugene, who made him court painter and employed him to paint the chief incidents of his battles. A series of ten of these pictures is in the Turin gallery. He died in Amsterdam in The earliest date on his pictures is 1674, when he painted the "Stag-Hunt" (museum of Berlin), and the "Fight with Robbers," (Lichtenstein collection at Vienna). A "Skirmish at Fleurus" (169o), in the Brussels gallery, was the precursor of more power ful works, such as the "Siege of Namur" (1695), in the Vienna museum. The National Gallery, London and the Louvre have each a picture by him. Munich has the well-known "Tallart taken Pris oner at Blenheim in 1704," and Amsterdam the "Battle of the Boyne."