Pieter Huys (c.1519 – c.1584) was a Flemish Renaissance painter.
He is known of his early life, and though he was mostly active in Antwerp, his place of birth and death is not certain. He became a master in the Antwerp
Guild of St. Luke
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in 1545, and his last dated work is from 1577. He is known as a follower of
Jheronimus Bosch.
[Pieter Huys]
in the RKD
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File:Peeter huys-infierno-prado.jpg, Inferno
File:Le joueur de cornemuse et la vieille (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) (11470595844).jpg, The Bagpiper and the Old Woman
File:Pieter Huys - Versuchung des Hl. Antonius.jpg, The temptations of Anthony
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1519 births
1584 deaths
Flemish Renaissance painters
Painters from Antwerp
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