Huis Bartolotti, Herengracht 170, Hendrick de Keyser, 1617

Pieter de Keyser (c.1595 – 15 September 1676 (buried)) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and art an ...

architect (''bouwmeester'') and sculptor. He followed in the footsteps of his father

Hendrick de Keyser Hendrick de Keyser (15 May 1565 – 15 May 1621) was a Dutch sculptor, merchant in Belgium bluestone, and architect who was instrumental in establishing a late Renaissance form of Mannerism changing into Baroque. Most of his works appeared in Ams ...

and completed a number of Hendrick de Keyser's buildings after his death in 1621.

Life and work

Pieter de Keyser was born and died in

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. He was commissioned by his father to oversee the construction of the

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house on the Herengracht canal in Amsterdam in c. 1617. After his father's death in 1621, he succeeded him as Amsterdam's master mason (''stadssteenhouwer'') and oversaw the completion of the Westerkerk and Noorderkerk churches, as well as the Huis met de Hoofden house on Keizersgracht canal. In addition, he finished two other uncompleted projects of his father's: a

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for

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in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft as well as a statue of

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in Rotterdam. De Keyser also designed and oversaw the construction of the Saaihal (1641) in Amsterdam, as well as the gallery and boys' school of the city's Civil Orphanage (''Burgerweeshuis''), now the

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. The Accijnshuis (1637) building in Amsterdam is usually attributed to Jacob van Campen but could also have been designed by Pieter de Keyser. His work in sculpture includes a mausoleum for the naval commander Piet Hein in the Oude Kerk in Delft, a mausoleum for stadholder

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, a mausoleum for Adriaan Pauw in the Reformed Church at Heemstede, and a mausoleum for Swedish military commander Erik Soop in the cathedral of Skara, Sweden. Pieter de Keyser was married three times: to Magdalena Geens (1623), Magdalena Jacobs (1625), and Catharina Beghin or Bagijn (1639). His brother Willem de Keyser also became an architect; Thomas de Keyser chose to become a painter, although he combined it with dealing in petit Granit on Brouwersgracht. Pieter dealt in marble and in 1654 he bought his brother's stone business.

Sources

Amsterdam Monumenten: Hendrik de Keyser
(Dutch)

(Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Keyser, Pieter De Dutch Golden Age architects Dutch Golden Age sculptors 1590s births 1676 deaths Dutch male sculptors Architects from Amsterdam