Huis Bartolotti, Herengracht 170, Hendrick de Keyser, 1617

Pieter de Keyser (c.1595 – 15 September 1676 (buried)) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

architect (''bouwmeester'') and sculptor. He followed in the footsteps of his father

Hendrick de Keyser Hendrick de Keyser (15 May 1565 – 15 May 1621) was a Dutch sculptor, merchant in Belgium bluestone, and architect who was instrumental in establishing a late Renaissance form of Mannerism changing into Baroque. Most of his works appeared in Amst ...

and completed a number of Hendrick de Keyser's buildings after his death in 1621.

Life and work

Pieter de Keyser was born and died in

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. He was commissioned by his father to oversee the construction of the Huis Bartolotti house on the

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canal in Amsterdam in c. 1617. After his father's death in 1621, he succeeded him as Amsterdam's master mason (''stadssteenhouwer'') and oversaw the completion of the

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and

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churches, as well as the

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house on

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canal. In addition, he finished two other uncompleted projects of his father's: a

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for

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in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft as well as a statue of

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in Rotterdam. De Keyser also designed and oversaw the construction of the Saaihal (1641) in Amsterdam, as well as the gallery and boys' school of the city's Civil Orphanage (''Burgerweeshuis''), now the

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. The Accijnshuis (1637) building in Amsterdam is usually attributed to

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but could also have been designed by Pieter de Keyser. His work in sculpture includes a mausoleum for the naval commander Piet Hein in the Oude Kerk in Delft, a mausoleum for stadholder

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, a mausoleum for

Adriaan Pauw Adriaan Pauw, knight, '' heer van Heemstede, Bennebroek, Nieuwerkerk etc.'' (1 November 1585 – 21 February 1653) was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1631 to 1636 and from 1651 to 1653. Life He was born in Amsterdam in a rich merchant family; ...

in the Reformed Church at

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, and a mausoleum for Swedish military commander Erik Soop in the cathedral of

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, Sweden. Pieter de Keyser was married three times: to Magdalena Geens (1623), Magdalena Jacobs (1625), and Catharina Beghin or Bagijn (1639). His brother Willem de Keyser also became an architect;

Thomas de Keyser Thomas de Keyser (c. 1596–1667) was a Dutch portrait painter, a dealer in Belgium bluestone and stone mason. He was the most in-demand portrait painter in the Netherlands until the 1630s, when Rembrandt eclipsed him in popularity. Rembrand ...

chose to become a painter, although he combined it with dealing in

petit Granit Petit Granit (also known by a variety of names including: Nero Belga, Granit de Flandre, Pierre Bleue, Blue Stone, Belgian Granite, Belgian Blue Limestone, Arduin) is, despite its name, a grey-bluish limestone, rather than being a true Granite. It i ...

Brouwersgracht The Brouwersgracht is a canal in Amsterdam that connects the Singel with the Singelgracht. The canal marks the northwestern border of the Grachtengordel (canal belt). Between the Prinsengracht and the Singelgracht the Brouwersgracht forms the n ...

. Pieter dealt in marble and in 1654 he bought his brother's stone business.

Sources

Amsterdam Monumenten: Hendrik de Keyser
(Dutch)

(Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Keyser, Pieter De Dutch Golden Age architects Dutch Golden Age sculptors 1590s births 1676 deaths Dutch male sculptors Architects from Amsterdam