Peter Wtewael
Illustration — Peter Wtewael, A Jester Holding a Flute, 1623 Peter Wtewael (5 June 1596 – 16 January 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
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Peter Wtewael
Peter Wtewael · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin · CC0
- Born
- 1596 · Utrecht.
- Died
- 1660 · Utrecht.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · artist
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Peter Wtewael, A Jester Holding a Flute, 1623 Peter Wtewael (5 June 1596 – 16 January 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Utrecht. Work by Peter Wtewael is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Centraal Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design and Wallraf–Richartz Museum.
Wtewael was born in Utrecht, son of the Dutch painter and engraver Joachim Wtewael and brother to the painter Johan Wtewael. According to the RKD he is known as a follower of Caravaggio. He specialized in painting kitchen scenes and mythological figures. Wtewael died in 1660. One of his works is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q595150: Peter Wtewael
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scholarly publication
- Wtewael, Peter, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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- “Peter Wtewael”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Cita web https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/85741 Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie
- 2.Cita web https://www.wga.hu/bio/w/wtewael/peter/biograph.html The Web Gallery of Art
- 3.Cita web https://www.wga.hu/html/w/wtewael/peter/kitchen.html Kitchen Scene - Web Gallery of Art
- 4.Cita web https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Wtewael_Hirte_mit_Sackpfeife1596_1660.jpg Capraio con cornamusa - Commons
- 5.Cita web https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_by_Peter_Wtewael_Centraal_Museum_21144.jpg L'adorazione dei pastori - Commons
- 6.Cita web https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercury,_Argus_and_Io_by_Peter_Wtewael_Centraal_Museum_28261.jpg Mercurio, Argo e Io - Commons
- 7.Cita web https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Wtewael_-_l%27adoration_des_mages.jpg L'adorazione dei Magi - Commons
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q595150: Peter WtewaelWikimedia Foundation
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Wtewael, Peter, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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