Pieter Faes

Pieter Faes was a botanical illustrator and painter (1750–1814). He was born at Hoogstraten and died at Antwerp.

Also recorded as Peter Faes; Peter De Faes; D. Faes; P. Facs; Faes; De Faes.

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Recognition and collections

Work by Pieter Faes is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Groeningemuseum and Rijksmuseum Twenthe.

Identity

Pieter Faes is recorded with the citizenship of Austrian Netherlands and First French Empire. Pieter Faes is recorded as botanical illustrator and painter.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Pieter Faes may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Pieter Faes is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q2801572.

In detail

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life and floral.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Antwerp.

Work by Pieter Faes is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Groeningemuseum, Rijksmuseum Twenthe and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

Chronology

  1. 1750Pieter Faes born at Hoogstraten.
  2. 1750Pieter Faes was born in 1750 at Hoogstraten.
  3. 1814Pieter Faes died at Antwerp.
  4. 1814Pieter Faes died in 1814 at Antwerp.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Pieter Faes”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2801572: Pieter Faes

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