Pieter Leermans - Unknown Lady as Mary Magdalene

Pieter Leermans (c. 1635,

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– 1706), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to the

Netherlands Institute for Art History 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 was a portrait painter of historical allegories.Pieter Leermans
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 is also known as Lieremans. Little is known of his life, but he is considered to be one of the Leiden

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s, as his "Hermit" in Dresden shows

Gerard Dou Gerrit Dou (7 April 1613 – 9 February 1675), also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his ' ...

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References

Painting of an unknown lady as Maria Magdalena by Pieter Leermans
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leermans, Pieter 1630s births 1706 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Artists from Leiden