Discover military personnel, ambassador, fortress engineer Pieter de Perceval

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: Percheval, Pieter de
Perseval, Pieter de
Persival, Pieter de
Perceval, Pierre de
Parceval, Peter de

Qualifications: military personnel, ambassador, fortress engineer, architect
quartermaster-general of Frederik Hendrik

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born

Deceased: Gdańsk 1657-02-19
probably died on 19 February 1657; was buried in the Maria Church there (Kunstindeks Danmark)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Adriaen de Perceval, who was commissioned by Christian IV of Denmark to build Glückstadt; the family was of French origin

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1632 - 1657

Active in

Gdańsk 1648
made a proposal for the amelioration of the fortifications of Danzig
Glückstadt 1649
made plans for the fortification of the area Rethövel of Glückstadt
Krempe (Duitsland) 1651
made plans for the fortification of Krempe for Frederik III of Denmark
Amsterdam (stad) 1654
made plans for the fortification of Amsterdam (east of the Amstel river), with Jan Heymanssoen Coeck and Hendrik Ruse (Taverne 1978, p. 89 and note 77.
Delft (stad) 1655
made two models for the new gunpowder warehouse outside the Koepoort in Delft
Gdańsk 1656 - 1657
amelioration of the fortifications of Danzig; corresponded with Johan de Wit

active in

died in

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.: Block, Jacob Reyersz.
was taught mathematics by Block (Houbraken 1719)

Literature

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 2 (1719), p. 92 (as: overste Persival)
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

H.L. Hommes, 'De Perceval', Maandblad van het Koninklijk Genealogisch Heraldisch Genootschap 'De Nederlandsche Leeuw' 69 (1952), kol. 211-215
J.K. van der Haagen, 'Het Generaliteits-Kruitmagazijn aan de Schie', in: Delftsche Studien: een bundel historische opstellen over de stad Delft, Assen 1967, 187-228
E. Taverne, In 't land van belofte: in de nieue stadt. Ideaal en werkelijkheid van de stadsuitleg in de Republiek 1580-1680, Maarssen 1978, p. 89, 430-431
J. Roding, ‘Dutch architects and engineers in Danzig and the Southern Baltic in the 16th and 17th centuries’, in: J.J. van Baak, L. Honti, A.H. Huussen (eds.), The Baltic. Languages and Cultures in Interaction (= Proceedings NOMES-Conference, Groningen, 19-20 May, 1994), Tijdschrift voor Scandinavistiek 16 (1995) 2, p. 223-234. esp. p. 230

Project: Gerson Digital : Denmark
Gerson Digital : Poland

External links: Westerbeek Dahl 1994

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Creation date: 2021-10-02; Last modified date: 2023-04-06

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