Pieter Holsteyn II
Enschedé, Haarlem, and possibly one of the birds that Houbraken mentioned in the auction sale of 1706 Pieter Holsteyn (1614, Haarlem – 1673, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age watercolor painter and engraver.
Also recorded as Pieter Holsteyn der Jüngere · Pieter Holsteyn the younger · Pr. Holsteyn · Pieter II Holsteijn
Pieter Holsteyn II
Pieter Holsteyn II · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift · CC0
- Born
- 1614 · Haarlem.
- Died
- 1673 · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson · printmaker · etcher · copper engraver · artist
- Languages
- Dutch
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Enschedé, Haarlem, and possibly one of the birds that Houbraken mentioned in the auction sale of 1706 Pieter Holsteyn (1614, Haarlem – 1673, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age watercolor painter and engraver.
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According to Houbraken who called him "Holstein", his father Pieter Holsteyn I was a good glass painter and his brother Cornelis was a good painter. Houbraken quoted Samuel Ampzing who mentioned Holstein together with Johannes Boeckhorst as good glasspainters who painted the scenes of the damiaatjes story in the magistrate's room in the Haarlem City Hall. In his biographical sketch of Rochus van Veen Houbraken mentioned the auction of watercolor paintings in Haarlem in 1706 of insects and birds that were painted in the style of Pieter Holsteyn. According to the RKD he was the son of Pieter I and the brother of Cornelis. He worked in Haarlem, Amsterdam, Munster and Enkhuizen and was the teacher of the painter Josua Breckerveld. He signed his works with the monogram "PH". The painter Herman Henstenburgh was influenced by his watercolors.
Study of a Tulip (Wit en root boode), c. 1645, by Pieter Holsteyn II
Pieter Holsteyn II · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
Study of a Tulip ('t roosje), c. 1645, by Pieter Holsteyn II
Pieter Holsteyn II · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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1614
Pieter Holsteyn II born at Haarlem.
1673
Pieter Holsteyn II died at Haarlem.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Pieter Holsteyn der Jüngere, Pieter Holsteyn the younger, Pr. His recorded language was Dutch. He was the child of Pieter Holsteijn. Recorded as painter, draftsperson, printmaker, etcher and copper engraver.
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Holsteyn, Pieter II Holsteijn and Pieter, II Holsteijn
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Elsewhere in Prints
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