Pieter Mulier The Younger - Artist Info

About Pieter Mulier The Younger

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Cavalier Pietro Tempesta
  • Biography

    Cavalier Pietro Tempesta, or Pieter Mulier II (1637 – 29 June 1701) was a Dutch Golden Age* painter active in Italy. Muller was born in Haarlem. He learned to paint from his father, Pieter Mulier I and travelled to Italy, working in Rome (1656–1670), Genoa (1670–1684) and northern Italy until he died in Milan. Among his pupils were Carlo Antonio Tavella and Pietro Cignaroli (active 1716 in Milan). He is known for Italianate landscapes in the manner of Thomas Wijck.

    According to Arnold Houbraken, Tempeest was the son of Pieter de Molijn, not Pieter Mulier. Pieter could paint quite well, but he emigrated to Rome at a young age and became a member of the Bentvueghels with the nickname Tempeest. He was thought to be a man of 50 by Isaac...

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