Pieter Feddes van Harlingen

Pieter Feddes van Harlingen (1586–1623), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Pieter Feddes van Harlingen
'The drunken merchant by Pieter Feddes and Claes Jansz. Visscher
Born
Pieter

1586
Harlingen
Died1623 (aged 36–37)
Leeuwarden
NationalityNetherlands
Known forPainting, Engraving
MovementBaroque

Biography

According to Houbraken, who only saw his etchings, he signed his name P. Harlingensis.[1] In 1612 he left Harlingen for Leeuwarden.[2] He influenced Jacob Adriaensz Backer.[2]

References
  1. (in Dutch) Pieter Feddes van Harlingen biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. Pieter Feddes van Harlingen in the RKD

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