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Pieter de Ring, or Ryng (1615/1620 – 22 September 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, famous for his opulent, flashy still lifes or banquet pieces with

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, shrimps,

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and

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. His signature is often a painted ring or with the Latinised form of his name, P.Ab.Annulo.

Biography

De Ring was born either in

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, or in

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, but there is no trace of his birth in the Leiden archives, and the Ypres Archives were destroyed in August 1914. Pieter de Ring started as a mason and painted still lifes in the evening. When the hall was filled with paintings he became a pupil of

Jan Davidsz. de Heem Jan Davidsz. de Heem or in-full ''Jan Davidszoon de Heem'', also called ''Johannes de Heem'' or ''Johannes van Antwerpen'' or ''Jan Davidsz de Hem'' (c. 17 April 1606 in Utrecht – before 26 April 1684 in Antwerp), was a still life painter wh ...

, until 1635 living in Leiden. His father Daniel died in 1648; in 1657 his mother lived in Amsterdam. De Ring himself lived in a house at Hogewoerd. There are no records in the Leiden Archive on his marriage or children. He appears not to have bought a house there nor wrote a will. What is known is that he became one of the founders a member and of the Guild of St. Luke in 1648,Pieter de Ring
in the

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De Ring died in

and was buried in the

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on 22 September 1660 and taken to church from a house in the Nonnensteeg. If he had his studio there he probably had a view on the Leiden Academy building. If he lived on the east side of the alley he had a beautiful view on the Hortus Botanicus of Leiden, the work of Clusius. Pieter may have had a brother called Jan de Ringh, who became a citizen of Leiden in 1651. Jan originally came from Ypres, his profession was textile worker, just like his sons Daniel, Benjamin, and Pieter and many of the other Flemish immigrants in Leiden. The members of the Ringh family were specialized workers in serge,

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. The painting by Pieter de Ring in the Museum

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has a beautiful cloth on the table. He knew how to make it look real. De Ring's early work reveals the influence of Willem Claesz Heda.

References

External links

Pieter de Ring
on artnet * https://web.archive.org/web/20110724162729/http://www.ovckunst.nl/html/ckv3_bv/opdrachten/teksten_burg/ring.htm * http://www.fineoldmasters.com/stilllifepainting29.html * http://www.greatbassviol.com/images/ring.jpg {{DEFAULTSORT:de Ring, Pieter 1660 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Leiden Artists from Leiden Artists from Ypres Burials at Pieterskerk, Leiden Year of birth uncertain Year of birth unknown