Pieter Holsteyn (1614,
Haarlem – 1673,
Haarlem), was a
Dutch Golden Age watercolor painter and engraver.
Biography
According to Houbraken who called him "Holstein", his father
Pieter Holsteyn I
Pieter Holsteyn (1585–1662) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, engraver and stained glass worker.
Biography
Holsteyn was born and died in Haarlem. According to Houbraken who quotes Samuel Ampzing, "Pet. Holstein" was a good glasspainter who ...
was a good glass painter and his brother
Cornelis was a good painter.
[Pieter Holsteyn Biography]
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
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Houbraken quoted
Samuel Ampzing who mentioned Holstein together with Johannes Boeckhorst as good glasspainters who painted the scenes of the
damiaatjes
The Damiaatjes (English: Little Damiettas) refer to two bells in the St. Bavochurch of Haarlem that ring every night between nine and nine thirty, to signal the closing of the city's gates and commemorate the conquest of the Egyptian city Damiet ...
story in the magistrate's room in the
Haarlem City Hall
The City Hall in Haarlem is the seat of the city's government. It was built in the 14th century replacing the Count's castle.
History
Around 1100 a wooden building was constructed on the location of the current ''Gravenzaal'' of the City Hall. ...
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[ In his biographical sketch of Rochus van Veen Houbraken mentioned the auction of watercolor paintings in Haarlem in 1706 of insects and birds that were painted in the style of Pieter Holsteyn.
According to the RKD he was the son of Pieter I and the brother of Cornelis.][Pieter Holsteyn]
in the RKD
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...
He worked in Haarlem, Amsterdam, Munster and Enkhuizen and was the teacher of the painter Josua Breckerveld.[ He signed his works with the monogram "PH".][ The painter Herman Henstenburgh was influenced by his watercolors.
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References
External links
Pieter Holsteyn
on Artnet
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1614 births
1673 deaths
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters
Artists from Haarlem