Pieter Aertsen | |
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| Born | 1508  |
| Died | 3 June 1575 (aged 66–67) |
| Children | Pieter Pietersz the Elder, Aert Pietersz |
Pieter Aertsen (1508, Amsterdam – 2 June 1575, Amsterdam),[1] called Lange Piet ("Tall Pete") because of his height, was a Dutch painter in the style of Northern Mannerism. He is credited with the invention of the monumental genre scene, which combines still life and genre painting and often also includes a biblical scene in the background. He was active in his native city Amsterdam but also worked for a long period in Antwerp, then the centre of artistic life in the Netherlands.[2]
His genre scenes were influential on later Flemish Baroque painting, Dutch still life painting and also in Italy.[3] His peasant scenes preceded by a few years the much better-known paintings produced in Antwerp by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.[4]
- ^ Knickerbocker: The Magazine of the Low Countries. Atlantic Observer. 1944. p. 26.
- ^ Falkenberg (1995), 200
- ^ Vermeer and The Delft School, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 185
- ^ Falkenberg (1995), 200