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Pieter Aertsen
Dutch
Mannerist
born 1508 - died 1575
Also known as: Pieter Aerston, Lange Pier Aertsen, Lange Reyer
Aertsen, Peter Aertsen, Pieter Aertsz, Pieter Aertsz., Jonge Pier
Aertsen.
Teacher of: Joachim Beuckelaer (1530-1574),
Aert Pietersz. (1550-1612),
Stradanus (1523-1605).
Father of: Pieter Pietersz (1540-1603),
Aert Pietersz. (1550-1612).
Relation of: Joachim Beuckelaer (1530-1574).
Great-grandfather of: Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort (1610-1680),
Pieter
Dircksz. Santvoort (1604-1653).
Aertsen, Pieter (b. 1508-09, Amsterdam, d. 1575, Amsterdam).
Netherlandish painter, active in his native Amsterdam and in Antwerp. A
pioneer of still life and genre painting, he is best known for scenes
that at first glance look like pure examples of these types, but which
in fact have a religious scene incorporated in them (Butcher's Stall
with the Flight into Egypt, University of Uppsala, 1551). His depictions
of food, flowers, and everyday objects make him important in the
development of still-life painting. Aertsen was the head of a long
dynasty of painters, of whom the most talented was his nephew and pupil
Joachim Bueckelaer.
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