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Pieter Boel BIOGRAPHY
1622 - 1674. Known for: Painting.
Born into an artistic family in Antwerp, Boel was a pupil of the animal painter Jan Fyt (1611-1661). After traveling to Italy as a young man, he settled in Paris in circa 1668 where he joined the... Read full biography
Born into an artistic family in Antwerp, Boel was a pupil of the animal painter Jan Fyt (1611-1661). After traveling to Italy as a young man, he settled in Paris in circa 1668 where he joined the great tapestry workshop established by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). Like his former master Fyt, Boel... Read full biography
Born into an artistic family in Antwerp, Boel was a pupil of the animal painter Jan Fyt (1611-1661). After traveling to Italy as a young man, he settled in Paris in circa 1668 where he joined the great tapestry workshop established by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). Like his former master Fyt, Boel came to specialize in painting animals and he was particularly renowned for the striking realism of his pictures. He made studies for them from specimens in the royal menageries at Versailles and in... Read full biography
Born into an artistic family in Antwerp, Boel was a pupil of the animal painter Jan Fyt (1611-1661). After traveling to Italy as a young man, he settled in Paris in circa 1668 where he joined the great tapestry workshop established by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). Like his former master Fyt, Boel came to specialize in painting animals and he was particularly renowned for the striking realism of his pictures. He made studies for them from specimens in the royal menageries at Versailles and in Paris. Porcupines had particular symbolism for the French royal family: their ancestor Louis, Duke of Orléans, had established the chivalric Order of the Porcupine in 1394, drawing on the animal's reputation for invincibility and, even though the Order... Read full biography
Born into an artistic family in Antwerp, Boel was a pupil of the animal painter Jan Fyt (1611-1661). After traveling to Italy as a young man, he settled in Paris in circa 1668 where he joined the great tapestry workshop established by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). Like his former master Fyt, Boel came to specialize in painting animals and he was particularly renowned for the striking realism of his pictures. He made studies for them from specimens in the royal menageries at Versailles and in Paris. Porcupines had particular symbolism for the French royal family: their ancestor Louis, Duke of Orléans, had established the chivalric Order of the Porcupine in 1394, drawing on the animal's reputation for invincibility and, even though the Order itself was abolished by King Louis XII, the porcupine remained one of his personal emblems. The animals conse... Read full biography
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Born into an artistic family in Antwerp, Boel was a pupil of the animal painter Jan Fyt (1611-1661). After traveling to Italy as a young man, he settled in Paris in circa 1668 where he joined the great tapestry workshop established by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690).
Like his former master Fyt, Boel came to specialize in painting animals and he was particularly renowned for the striking realism of his pictures. He made studies for them from specimens in the royal menageries at Versailles and in Paris.
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