Gillis Peeters
Also recorded as Gillis (I) Peeters · Gillis Peters · Gillis I Peeters · Gillis, I Peter
Gillis Peeters
Gillis Peeters · Public domain
- Born
- 1612. · Antwerp.
- Died
- 1653. · Antwerp.
- Nationality
- Habsburg Netherlands.
- Occupation
- painter, engraver and graphic artist.
- Fields
- landscape and marine art.
- Teachers
- Anthony Claesz II.
- Known for
- Landscape with a watermill.
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wikidata · Q3106624
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Institutions cited
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Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Training under Anthony Claesz II is recorded. Jan Peeters the Elder is recorded as having studied under Gillis Peeters. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape and marine art. Places of work recorded in the authority are Antwerp. Works named in the authority record are Landscape with a watermill. Work by Gillis Peeters is recorded in the collections of M Leuven, Rijksmuseum, Hermitage Museum, Noordbrabants Museum and Staatliches Museum Schwerin.
Documentary record
Gillis Peeters was born in 1612 in Antwerp and died in 1653 in Antwerp.
The authorities additionally record the headings Gillis (I) Peeters, Gillis Peters, Gillis I Peeters, Gillis, I Peter and Gillis, I Peeters. He was the child of Cornelis Peeters and Catharina van Eelen. 2 children are recorded: Willem Peeters and Bonaventura Peeters the Younger.
Documentary record
Gillis Peeters appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as a landscape painter, draughtsman, landscapist and printmaker (1612 – 1653).
Identity
Identity
Gillis Peeters is recorded as painter, engraver and graphic artist. Formation and teaching. He trained under Anthony Claesz II. As a teacher, Gillis Peeters is recorded in connection with Jan Peeters the Elder. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1612
Gillis Peeters born at Antwerp.
1653
Gillis Peeters died at Antwerp.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
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- 1.Hans-Joachim Raupp, Landschaften und Seestücke, LIT Verlag Münster, 2001, p. 210-211
- 2.Margarita Russell. "Peeters, Bonaventura, I." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 13 December 2014
- 3.Carla Mary S. Oliveira, Frans Jansz Post y Las imágenes del Brasil holandés: ¿la mirada que registra o el pincel que interpreta? , p. 3
- 4.Gillis Peeters at the Netherlands Institute for Art History in lang.
- 5.George Gordon. "Neyts, Gillis." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 13 Dec. 2014
- 6.Hans-Joachim Raupp, 'Sichtbare und Unsichtbare Welten - nach der Natur und die Phantasie', in: Maria-Theresia Leuker, Die sichtbare Welt: Visualität in der niederländischen Literatur und Kunst des 17. Jahrhunderts, Waxmann Verlag, 2012, p. 105-108
- 7.Hans-Joachim Raupp, Historien und Allegorien, LIT Verlag Münster, 1995
- 8.About Bonaventura Peeters I at Jean Moust
- 9.A Scene in a Flemish Village at Museums Sheffield
- 10.Engravings by Gillis Peeters at the British Museum
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q3106624: Gillis PeetersWikimedia Foundation
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- Gina GrayEngraver
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