Johnny Van Haeften

John Henry Van Haeften (born 1952)[1] is a British art dealer, who specialises in 16th and 17th century Dutch and Flemish Old Master paintings.

He began his career at Christie's auction house which he joined at the age of 17 where he worked on the integration of the stamp dealers Robson Lowe into the firm.

[4] Apart from a fanatical interest in stamps, he also dreamed of opening a contemporary art gallery and when he left Eton at the age of 17 he joined Christie's auction house, feeling that the other traditional options for a young man of his type of the army or university were not suitable for him.

[5] In 1977, he and his wife Sarah opened their first gallery, specialising in 16th and 17th century Dutch and Flemish Old Master paintings,[6] and in 1988, he was one of the co-founders of the annual The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in Maastricht, Netherlands.

[10] In January 2017, Van Haeften closed his Duke Street gallery after 40 years in the area, after the building's owner sold it, and informed him that the Italian art dealer Fabrizio Moretti would be moving in.