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1597 Enkhuizen, Holland - 1652 Amsterdam, Holland. Known for: Bucolic genre and rural landscape painting.
Pieter Symonsz Potter (1597, Enkhuizen - 1652, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age* painter. According to Houbraken he was the city secretary of Enkhuizen, married to the daughter of Paulus Bertius... Read full biography
Pieter Symonsz Potter (1597, Enkhuizen - 1652, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age* painter. According to Houbraken he was the city secretary of Enkhuizen, married to the daughter of Paulus Bertius and the father of the painter Pieter I Potter, making him the grandfather of Pieter II, Paulus, and... Read full biography
Pieter Symonsz Potter (1597, Enkhuizen - 1652, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age* painter. According to Houbraken he was the city secretary of Enkhuizen, married to the daughter of Paulus Bertius and the father of the painter Pieter I Potter, making him the grandfather of Pieter II, Paulus, and Maria Potter. According to the RKD his wife was the sister of the painter Willem Bartsius, and he was the father, not the grandfather, of Pieter II, Paulus and Maria. He was first trained as a glass... Read full biography
Pieter Symonsz Potter (1597, Enkhuizen - 1652, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age* painter. According to Houbraken he was the city secretary of Enkhuizen, married to the daughter of Paulus Bertius and the father of the painter Pieter I Potter, making him the grandfather of Pieter II, Paulus, and Maria Potter. According to the RKD his wife was the sister of the painter Willem Bartsius, and he was the father, not the grandfather, of Pieter II, Paulus and Maria. He was first trained as a glass painter and in 1628 moved to Leiden to learn painting in oils. He is known mostly for genre pieces and farm landscapes, and he became a member of the Delft Guild of St. Luke in 1646, and a member of the Confrerie Pictura* in 1647 (though this record in... Read full biography
Pieter Symonsz Potter (1597, Enkhuizen - 1652, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age* painter. According to Houbraken he was the city secretary of Enkhuizen, married to the daughter of Paulus Bertius and the father of the painter Pieter I Potter, making him the grandfather of Pieter II, Paulus, and Maria Potter. According to the RKD his wife was the sister of the painter Willem Bartsius, and he was the father, not the grandfather, of Pieter II, Paulus and Maria. He was first trained as a glass painter and in 1628 moved to Leiden to learn painting in oils. He is known mostly for genre pieces and farm landscapes, and he became a member of the Delft Guild of St. Luke in 1646, and a member of the Confrerie Pictura* in 1647 (though this record in the The Hague guild archives may have been for drawing lessons for his oldest son Peter). Source:. Wikipedia, http://en.w... Read full biography
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Pieter Symonsz Potter (1597, Enkhuizen - 1652, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age* painter.
According to Houbraken he was the city secretary of Enkhuizen, married to the daughter of Paulus Bertius and the father of the painter Pieter I Potter, making him the grandfather of Pieter II, Paulus, and Maria Potter.
According to the RKD his wife was the sister of the painter Willem Bartsius, and he was the father, not the grandfather, of Pieter II, Paulus and Maria. He was first trained as a glass painter and in 1628 moved to Leiden to learn painting in oils.
He is known mostly for genre pieces and farm landscapes, and he became a member of the Delft Guild of St. Luke in 1646, and a member of the Confrerie Pictura* in 1647 (th...But wait, there's more...
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