Pieter Van Havermaet

Portrait of Pieter Van Havermaet by Charles Mertens

Pieter Van Havermaet or Petrus Van Havermaet, known in his time as P. Van Havermaet (Sint-Niklaas, 16 January 1834 - Antwerp, 8 May 1897) was a Belgian draughtsman, painter and art educator.[1] He is mainly known for his portraits and genre portraits. After first training in his native Sint-Niklaas he spent the rest of his career in Antwerp with intermittent periods of work in London where he made portraits of prominent individuals such as Benjamin Disraeli and Sir George Elliot.[2][3]

  1. ^ Pieter Van Havermaet at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  2. ^ Jeroen Boel, Pieter Van Havermaet, kunstschilder (Sint-Niklaas 16 januari 1834 – Antwerpen 8 mei 1897), Annalen van de Koninklijke Oudheidkundige Kring van het Land van Waas, deel 120, 2017
  3. ^ G. Beetemé, Anvers, métropole du commerce et des arts, t. 1, Antwerp, Frans Beerts, 1887, volume 1, p. 325