Pieter Hermansz Verelst
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Pieter Harmensz Verelst (c. 1618, Dordrecht – c. 1678 in Dordrecht or Hulst) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Three of his sons, Simon, Herman, and Johannes Verelst, also became painters.
Biography[]
Pieter Verelst was a pupil of Gerard Dou and Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp.[1] In 1638, he became a member of the Dordrecht Guild of St. Luke.[2] In 1643 he lived in the Hague near Jan van Goyen. Verelst produced five supraportes for Huis ten Bosch. In 1651 he went broke. In 1656, he was one of the founders of the local Confrerie Pictura.[1] His pupils were , , Otto Hoynck, , and his sons Herman, Johannes and Simon Pietersz Verelst.[1] After his wife died he remarried in 1657. In 1660 he moved to Veerkade.
He is known mostly for genre paintings of Dutch and Italian village life.[1] He moved in the 1670s to Hulst where he became a brewer.[1]
Family tree[]
Pieter Hermansz Verelst 1618–1678 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Herman Verelst 1641–1702 | Simon Pietersz Verelst 1644–1721? | John Verelst 1648–1734 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornelis Verelst 1667?–1734 | Maria Verelst 1680–1744 | William Verelst 1704–1752 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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- 1610s births
- 1670s deaths
- Dutch Golden Age painters
- Dutch male painters
- Dutch genre painters
- Artists from Dordrecht
- Members of the Dordrecht Guild of Saint Luke
- Members of The Hague Guild of Saint Luke