Pieter Claeissens II - The Virgin and Child in a garden

Pieter Claeissens the Younger (also known as Claes, Claessen, Claeissins, Claeissz) (c. 1535 in Bruges – 1623 in Bruges) was a Flemish painter and cartographer.Pieter Claeissens (II)
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History

Life

He was the second son of Pieter Claes, the elder, who was also a painter. He became a master of the

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in Bruges in 1570. He was dean of the Guild in 1587, 1600, and 1606. Pieter Claeissins the Younger succeeded his younger brother Antoon as official painter to Bruges in 1581. He held the post until 1621. His brothers Gillis and Antoon were successful painters, while his brother Ambrosius became a master goldsmith.Alexandra Zvereva, ''Gillis Claeissens Portrait of Joris Van Brakele, Lord of Courtebois, Hautrive and Moorslede''
Jean-Luc Baroni

Work

Pieter Claeissens (II) - Allegory of the 1577 Peace in the Low Countries - WGA04958

He painted

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s, allegories and portraits which continued the Bruges style into the second half of the 16th century. He is known to have collaborated with his father in painting the monumental ''Resurrection'' in the cathedral in Bruges, completed in 1585.Pieter Claeissens II (?Bruges c. 1535-1623 ?), ''The Virgin and Child in a garden''
at Christie's His ''Allegory of the Peace of the Netherlands in 1577'' (Groeningemuseum, Bruges) was painted to mark the inauguration of

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as Governor of the Netherlands. In 1584 he made a map of Ostend and a bird’s-eye ''View of Bruges'' to replace the original by Pieter Pourbus of 1566, which had become damaged due to its frequent use.Sophie Raux, ''Lotteries, Art Markets, and Visual Culture in the Low Countries, 15th-17th Centuries'', Brill, p. 48 The Church of Our Lady in Bruges holds an altarpiece by Pieter Claeissins the Younger on the ''Foundation of S Maria Maggiore in Rome''."Claeissins."
Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 25 March 2018 His masterpiece is a triptych In the

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in Bruges, representing ''Our Lady of the Dry Tree'' painted in 1606-1608. There is also a triptych, an ''Ecce Homo'', by him in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Claeissens, Pieter The Younger Flemish history painters Painters from Bruges Year of birth unknown 1612 deaths