Pieter Jansz (1612–1672)
Pieter Jansz (c.1612, Amsterdam – 1672, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he was a good draughtsman who learned to paint from the Haarlem glass painter Jan Philipsz van Bouckhorst, whose works can still be seen in many Dutch churches. Both he and his teacher died in the rampjaar 1672. Jansz's own pupil was Jan Pietersz Zomer.[1]
According to the RKD he painted, sculpted and made designs for book illustrations.[2]
References
- ^ (in Dutch) Pieter Jansz Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ Pieter Jansz in the RKD
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