Pieter Hermansz Verelst
Pieter Harmensz Verelst (c. 1618, Dordrecht – c. 1678 in Dordrecht or Hulst) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Three of his sons, Simon, Herman, and Johannes Verelst, also became painters.
An Italian street scene with Bamboccianti playing cards and a quack preparing concoctions.
Biography
According to the RKD, Pieter Verelst was a pupil of Gerard Dou and Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp.[1] In 1638, he became a member of the Dordrecht Guild of St. Luke. In 1656, he was one of the founders of the Confrerie Pictura.[1] His pupils were Hermanus van Grevenbroeck, Anthony de Haen, Otto Hoynck, Hendrik Mony, Gabriel Siebrick and his sons Herman, Johannes and Simon Pietersz Verelst.[1]
He is known mostly for genre paintings of Dutch and Italian village life.[1] He moved in the 1670s to Hulst where he became a brewer.[1]
| Pieter Hermansz Verelst 1618–1688 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simon Pietersz Verelst 1644–1710 | Herman Verelst 1641–1690 | Johannes Verelst 1648–1734 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Maria Verelst 1680–1744 | Cornelis Verelst 1667–1734 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Verelst 1704–1752 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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