Carel Lodewijk Hansen (1765 – 1840)

• Was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
• According to the RKD he was a pupil of Pieter Pietersz Barbiers.
• He was the father and teacher of Carel Lodewijk II and Lambertus Johannes Hansen.
• He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1794.
• He became a member of Felix Meritis in 1809.
• He received a gold medal in 1818 in the category "cityscapes".
• He is known for cityscapes and landscapes, often in moonlight.
• In 1816 he worked on a large Panorama of the battle of Waterloo in Amsterdam.
• His topographical cityscapes were etched by himself and others, with three published series showing scenes of Haarlem, Bergen, and Drente.
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