Pieter Meert Explained

Pieter Meert (name variations: Petrus Meert, Peeter Meert, Peeter Meerte, Pieter Meerte, Peeter Merten, Petrus Meerte) (c. 1620 – 1669) was a Flemish Baroque painter known for his portraits and genre paintings.[1] He was born in Brussels. The early Flemish biographer Cornelis De Bie reports in his Het Gulden Cabinet published in 1662 that Meert was well known as a portrait painter, who imitated the style of Anthony van Dyck.[2] According to the Dutch biographer Arnold Houbraken he was a good portrait painter whose works hung in various guild halls in Brussels.[3]

Peter Capuyns was his pupil.[1]

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  1. https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/54515 Pieter Meert
  2. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3pFbAAAAQAAJ Cornelis de Bie, Het Gulden Cabinet vande Edel Vry Schilder-Const, 1662, pp. 351–352
  3. http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/origineel.php?origineel=houb005groo01_01_scan0463 Peeter Meert