Pieter Verelst
Pieter Verelst (* around 1620; † around 1678) was a Dutch painter .
Life
Verelst was part of a well-known family of painters and came from Antwerp . He was a student of Gerrit Dou . Active in The Hague from 1643 to 1668 , he painted partly life-size half-figures ( portraits of an old woman , in the Berlin museum ; a yarn winder , in the Dresden gallery ), partly moral images from popular life ( the seamstress , in the Berlin museum; farmers playing cards , in the gallery in Kassel ; a reading age at the lamp , in the Dresden gallery) in the manner of the Rembrandtschool .
He is the father of Harman Verelst (1641 / 2-99), a portrait painter , and Simon Verelst , who was famous for his flower paintings . Both sons moved to London . His granddaughter Maria Verelst (1680–1744), Harman's daughter, celebrated successes as a painter there, as did her brother Cornelis Verelst (1667–1734), Harman's son. The great-grandson William Verelst (in London 1732–56) was probably the most important portrait painter in the family.
literature
- Hermann Arthur Lier: Verelst, Pieter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 616 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Verelst, Pieter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elst, Pieter van der; Ver Elst, Pieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1620 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1678 |