Pieter Anthonisz. van Groenewegen

Landscape by Pieter Anthonisz. van Groenewegen, between 1635-1641, Fogg Museum

Pieter Anthonisz. van Groenewegen (1590/1600–1658)^[1] was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.

Groenewegen, who was born in Delft, primarily painted landscapes. He traveled to Italy and between ca. 1615-1623 he lived on Via Bocca de Leone in Rome, where he became a member of the Bentvueghels with the nickname "Leeuw"(Lion).^[1] He returned to Delft where he became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1626, but spent the last few years of his life in The Hague, where he joined the Confrerie Pictura in 1657.^[1][2] He died there in the following year. Many of his works now reside at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.^[3]

References

1. Groenewegen, Pieter Anthonisz. van at the RKDdatabases
2. "Brief Bio of Pieter Anthonisz. van Groenewegen". Retrieved 2009-09-24.
3. "Works of Pieter Anthonisz. van Groenewegen, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (Dutch)". Retrieved 2009-09-24.

• Pieter Anthonisz van Groenewegen on Artnet

External links

• Vermeer and The Delft School, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has material on Pieter Anthonisz. van Groenewegen