Pieter de Bailliu (1613 – after 1660) was a Flemish engraver.

Life

He was born at

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in 1613. After having learned the first principles of engraving in his own country, he visited Italy for improvement, and there engraved some plates. He returned to Antwerp after 1637, and from 1640 to 1660 engraved several of the works of the most celebrated of the Flemish masters, particularly

Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of clas ...

and

Van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (; ; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy. The seventh child of Frans van Dyck, a wealt ...

. According to the RKD he worked in Rome and was the father of the engravers Peeter-Frans and

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.Pieter de Bailliu
in the

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Works

Although by no means equal to Vorsterman, Bolswert, or Pontius, his prints are held in considerable estimation.

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's 'Künstler-Lexikon' gives a list of 103 of his engravings, on which his name is found spelled in a variety of ways. The following are his principal works: Bryan,1886-9

Portraits

*''Lodovico Pereira de Castro, Envoy at the

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''. *''Claude de Chabot, Envoy to Münster''. *''Johann Leuber, Envoy to Münster''. *''

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''. *'' Jacob Backer, Dutch painter''; after Backer. *'' Jan Bylert, painter, of Utrecht''; after Bylert. (pictured) *'' Albert, Prince of Arenberg''; after Van Dyck. *'' Lucy, Countess of Carlisle''; after the same. (pictured) *''Antoine de Bourbon, Comte de Morel'', after the same. *''

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, Comte de Châteauneuf''; after the same.

Subjects after various masters

*''Heliodorus driven from the Temple''; from a drawing by P. van Lint, after

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...

. *A ''Pieta''; after

Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci ( , , ; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother Agostino Carracci, Agostino and cousin Ludovico Carracci, Ludovico (with whom the Ca ...

. *''St. Michael vanquishing the Devil''; after

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. *''The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau''; after Rubens. *''Christ praying in the Garden''; after the same. *''The Dying Magdalen''; after the same. *''The Combat of the Lapithae''; after the same. *''The Holy Family''; after

Theodoor Rombouts Theodoor Rombouts (2 July 1597 – 14 September 1637) was a Flanders, Flemish painter who is mainly known for his Caravaggism, Caravaggesque genre painting, genre scenes depicting lively dramatic gatherings as well as religiously themed works. ...

. *''The Crucifixion''; after Van Dyck. *''The Virgin in the Clouds''; after the same. *''Rinaldo and Armida''; after the same. *''Susanna and the Elders''; after Marten Pepyn. *''The Scourging of Christ''; after Diepenbeeck. *''Christ crowned with Thorns''; after the same. *''The Discovery of the true Cross by St. Helena''; after P. van Lint. *''Theodosius carrying the true Cross before St. Ambrose''; after the same. *''Christ bound to the Pillar, with Angels holding the Instruments of the Passion''; after J. Thomas. *''St. Anastasius reading''; after

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...

Sources

Attribution: * 1613 births Year of death unknown 17th-century Flemish engravers Artists from Antwerp {{Flemish-painter-stub