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Pieter Hermansz Verelst

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An Italian street scene with Bamboccianti playing cards and a quack preparing concoctions.

Pieter Harmensz Verelst (c. 1618, Dordrecht - c. 1678 in Dordrecht or Hulst) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Three of his sons, Simon, Herman, and Johannes Verelst, also became painters.

Biography

According to the RKD, Pieter Verelst was a pupil of Gerard Dou and Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp.[1] In 1638, he became a member of the Dordrecht Guild of St. Luke. In 1656, he was one of the founders of the Confrerie Pictura.[1] His pupils were Hermanus van Grevenbroeck, Anthony de Haen, Otto Hoynck, Hendrik Mony, Gabriel Siebrick and his sons Herman, Johannes and Simon Pietersz Verelst.[1]

He is known mostly for genre paintings of Dutch and Italian village life.[1] He moved in the 1670s to Hulst where he became a brewer.[1]

Pieter Hermansz Verelst 1618–1678
Herman Verelst 1641–1702Simon Pietersz Verelst 1644–1721?John Verelst 1648–1734
Cornelis Verelst 1667?–1734Maria Verelst 1680–1744William Verelst 1704–1752

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Pieter Harmensz Verelst, RKD
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