Peeter Sion the Elder - Artist Info

About Peeter Sion the Elder

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Pieter Sion the Elder
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    Peeter Sion the Elder (1624-1695)

    A painter of still lives, genre scenes and biblical subjects, Peeter Sion I was apprenticed to F. Lanckveelt from 1636 to 1637. In 1649/50 he became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke, where he was made dean in 1682/3. According to the church registers of Notre Dame in Antwerp, he married on 7 September 1670.

    His death at the age of 71 was registered on 21 August 1695.

    Source:
    J. de Maere & M. Wabbes, Illustrated Dictionary of 17th Century Flemish Painters, Brussels, 1994

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