Pieter Pietersz Barbiers (also Pieter Barbiers Pzn., or Pieter Barbiers II, bapt. October 26, 1749,

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- October 26, 1842, Amsterdam) was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

According to the RKD he was the son of Pieter Barbiers (1717-1780) and the brother of

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.Pieter Barbiers
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He became a member of the Amsterdam

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in 1786, but the group dissolved in 1796 when the guilds were abolished during the French occupation. He became a member of the Royal Academy of Amsterdam in 1822. His pupils were his nephew Bartholomeus Barbiers the younger, and the following students at the academy: Carel Lodewijk Hansen,

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1749 births 1842 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Painters from Amsterdam 19th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub