Pieter van Bloemen

Riders resting at a military encampment

Pieter van Bloemen, also known as Standaart (bapt. 17 January 1657 – 6 March 1720), first name also spelled Peter or Peeter, was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He was a gifted landscape and animal artist and was very successful with his compositions depicting Italian landscapes with figures, equestrian battles, animals and genre and market scenes.[1]

  1. ^ Bloemen, Pieter van, "Plundering soldiers" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at Jean Moust