Pieter van Gunst
Pieter Stevensz. van Gunst , also Pieter Stevens van Gunst or Petrus Stephani (* 1659 in Amsterdam ; † November 1732 there , burial on November 10, 1732) was a Dutch draftsman, etcher and engraver.
Life
Pieter van Gunst made well over 1000 portrait engravings based on models by artists such as Anthonis van Dyck and Adriaen van der Werff . In addition to these portrait prints, he made numerous title pages and book illustrations.
Little is known of his further living conditions. He married Leonora Baarselmans from The Hague in Amsterdam in 1687 and became an art dealer in the Amsterdam Booksellers Guild in 1712. On November 10, 1732 he was buried in the Westerkerk of Amsterdam.
There is a risk of confusion with his son of the same name, the engraver and poet Pieter van Gunst.
literature
- Georg Kaspar Nagler: Favor, Pieter van . In: New general artist lexicon or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. Volume 5 : Gallimberti – Haslöhl . Fleischmann, Munich 1837, p. 453–454 ( books.google.de - different year of birth 1667).
- Dorothea Stern : Favor, Pieter Stevens van . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 345–346 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Pieter van Gunst. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Works by Pieter van Gunst in the digital portrait index
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Favor, Pieter van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Favor, Pieter Stevensz. van (full name); Gunst, Pieter Stevens van (full name); Stephani, Petrus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch draftsman, etcher and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1659 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1732 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |