Pieter Antonsz Barbiers (bapt. April 23, 1717 in

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– September 7, 1780 in Amsterdam) was a skillful Dutch artist. He painted scenery for the theaters in Amsterdam,

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, etc. Another picture representing the

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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.

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