Discover painter, draftsperson, print artist Gillis Peeters (I)

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: Peters, Gillis (I)

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, print artist

Nationality/school: South Netherlandish

Born: Antwerp (city) 1612-01/1612-01-23
baptized on January 23, 1612 (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961)

Deceased: Antwerp (city) 1653-03/1653-03-12
buried on March 12, 1653 in St Jacobs Church (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961, vol.2, p. 60 note 1)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Cornelis Peeters and Cornelia van Eelen, brother of Jan I and Bonaventura I Peeters; married to Elisabeth de Smidt (died 1675); father of Willem, Gillis II and Bonaventura II Peeters

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Peeters, Bonaventura (I)

probably had a joint studio together with Bonaventura Peeters (Thieme/Becker 1933)

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Antwerpen (stad) 1634-09-18 - 1653
free master in the Guild of St. Luke, Antwerp between 18 September 1634 and 18 September 1635 (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961)

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Claesz., Anthony (II)
in 1631 apprentice of Anthony Claesz. II (Thieme/Becker 1933)
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Peeters, Catharina
Peeters, Jan (I)

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: landscape (genre), marine (genre), architecture (genre)

Medium/technique: oil paint

Member of

Sint-Lucasgilde (Antwerpen)

Literature

Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961 , vol.2, p. 60 & note 1, 67, 133, 245, 391
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 27 (1933), p. 8
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 17 [1976], p. 21-26
Witt Checklist 1978
Preston 1974 , passim
Greindl 1983 , passim
Hairs/Finet 1985 , passim
Van der Willigen/De Kinkelder (typescript 1993/1998)
Alsteens/Buijs/Mathot 2008 , p. 263-270 (among other things about the series of drawings of faces attributed to the different members of the Peeters family)

E. Larsen, 'Neu entdeckte Brasilien-Bilder von Frans Post, Abraham Willaerts und Gillis I Peeters, Teil 2', Die Weltkunst 72 (2002), no. 6, p. 936-937

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Creation date: 1992-01-19; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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