Pieter van Anraedt

Dutch Golden Age painter

Pieter van Anraedt (c.1635 – 13 April 1678) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of history scenes and portraits.

Biography

Regents of the O.Z. Huiszitten House. From left to right: Ferdinand Bol, Arnhout van der Cruijs, Anthony Hoevenaer, Jan Klaesz. van Beuningen, Caspar Commelin, Aarnout Schuyt, and the servant Symon Leeman (standing).[1][2]

Little is known about the circumstances of his life. According to the RKD he was born in Utrecht (city), but trained in Deventer, where he was influenced by Gerard ter Borch. Arnold Houbraken mentions that this painter was very friendly with Jan van der Veen, a poet. He married his daughter Antonia and moved to Amsterdam in the rampjaar 1672, when the French army attacked the city. Then he won a commission to paint the regents of the Oudezijds huiszitten house on Leprozengracht. This piece was highly admired by Houbraken in 1718, but attributed to Bol, although it is signed and dated.[3] Soon after painting this group portrait, Anraedt returned to Deventer, where he died.

Gallery

Portrait of Isaac Commelin, by Pieter van Anraedt
Portrait of burgomaster Lambert Reynst, by Pieter van Anraedt, 1673.

References

  1. ^ Commelin, Caspar (1693). Vervolg Van de Beschryving der Stadt Amsterdam (in Dutch). Amsterdam. p. 539.
  2. ^ "De regenten van het Oudezijds Huiszittenhuis". Collectie Online Research (in Dutch). Amsterdams Historisch Museum.
  3. ^ Houbraken, Arnold (1718). "Pieter van Anraat". De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (in Dutch) – via Digital library for Dutch literature.

External links

  • Pieter van Anraedt on Artnet
  • Rose, Hugh James (1857). "Anraat, Peter Van". A New General Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1 AA–ANS. London: B. Fellowes et al. p. 484.
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