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Pieter Leermans (c. 1635,
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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 Painters from Leiden
Pieter Leermans (c. 1635, Leiden
Leiden ( ; ; in English language, English and Archaism, archaic Dutch language, Dutch also Leyden) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Nethe ...
– 1706), was a Dutch Golden Age
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painter.
Biography
According to theNetherlands Institute for Art History
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he was a portrait painter of historical allegories.Pieter Leermansin the
RKD
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He is also known as Lieremans.
Little is known of his life, but he is considered to be one of the Leiden fijnschilder {{Short description, 17th-century Dutch artistic movement
The Fijnschilders (literally "fine-painters"), also called the Leiden Fijnschilders ('Leidse Fijnschilders'), were Dutch Golden Age painters who, from about 1630 to 1710, strove to create as ...
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 painting, Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre s ...
's influence./ref>
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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 Painters from Leiden