Pieter Antonsz Barbiers (bapt. April 23, 1717 in
Amsterdam
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– September 7, 1780 in Amsterdam) was a skillful Dutch artist. He painted scenery for the theaters in Amsterdam,
Leiden
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, etc.
Another picture representing the
conflagration
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of the former in the year 1772 has been engraved by
C. Bagerts.
His sons
Bartholomeus Barbiers
Bartholomeus Barbiers (11 January 1743 (bapt) – 1808) was a Dutch painter in the 18th century. He was born and died in Amsterdam, the son and pupil of Pieter Barbiers. He was skilful at landscapes, and painted with the left hand.
His brother Pi ...
and
Pieter Pietersz Barbiers
Pieter Pietersz Barbiers (also Pieter Barbiers Pzn., or Pieter Barbiers II, bapt. October 26, 1749, Amsterdam - October 26, 1842, Amsterdam) was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
According to the RKD he was the so ...
were also painters.
References
1717 births
1780 deaths
18th-century Dutch painters
18th-century Dutch male artists
Dutch male painters
Painters from Amsterdam
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