Portrait of Cornelis Cornelisz Schellinger (1551-1635)

Pieter Pietersz the Elder, also Pieter Pietersz. (I), (1540–1603) was a

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Renaissance painter.

Biography

Pietersz was born in

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. According to Karel van Mander, who mentioned him in his biography of his father

Pieter Aertsen Pieter Aertsen (1508 – 2 June 1575), called ''Lange Piet'' ("Tall Pete") because of his height, was a Dutch painter in the style of Northern Mannerism. He is credited with the invention of the monumental genre scene, which combines still lif ...

, he followed in his father's footsteps but took to portrait painting because large commissions were not to be had.Pieter Pietersz
in

Karel van Mander Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548 – 2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life. He is mainly remembere ...

's ''

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'', 1604, courtesy of the

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Van Mander did mention a large painting for the Baker's guild of Haarlem, which is in the possession of the

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today, and which Van Mander described as very fiery and original. He died in 1603 at age 62. According to the Rijksmuseum, he married Magdalena Pietersz, the daughter of a glass painter in Haarlem in 1574.Pieter Pietersz
in the Rijksmuseum According to the RKD he was called "Jonge Lange Pier" as the oldest son of the painter

("Lange Pier").Pieter Pietersz
in the

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He was the older brother of the painters

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at the Dirk Pietersz Dirk Pietersz (1558 – c. 1621) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Karel van Mander he was born in Amsterdam, the son of Pieter Aertsen and the youngest brother of Pieter Pietersz the Elder and Aert Pietersz (who was eig ...

, and grandfather of the painter Dirck van Santvoort. From 1569 to 1583 he produced religious scenes in Haarlem, but he is mostly known for his market scenes produced in Amsterdam. He was the teacher of his son, the painter

Pieter Pietersz II Pieter Pietersz II (1578 in Haarlem – 1631 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Karel van Mander he was the son of Pieter Pietersz the Elder and the grandson of Pieter Aertsen, who painted in the style of his father w ...

, and the painter

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. Pietersz primarily painted portraits and altarpieces. He received many commissions and was a wealthy man at the time of his death in

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