He was born in Utrecht as the son of the painter and paper silhouette cutter
Casparis Haanen, and brother of the painters
Adriana Johanna Haanen,
Elisabeth Alida Haanen and
Remigius Adrianus Haanen. He became a member of "Arti Sacrum" in 1831 in Rotterdam, and became a member of the Royal Academy of Amsterdam in 1835. He traveled and worked along the
Rhine and Austria, and is known for landscapes. He died in Bilsen. ==References==