Pieter Hofman

A military encampment on the Campus Martius before the Ponte Molle with Mount Soracte beyond.

Pieter Hofman (1640, Antwerp – 1692, Rome), was a Flemish Baroque painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken, who included him in his long poem about the Bentvueghels at the end of his second volume on artists, his bentname was "Janitzer" because he "pal stond als een Zwitser" (could stand as straight as a Swiss Janissary).[1] He was a battle painter who was in Turkey a long time with "Zantruiter".[1]

According to the RKD his bentname was Janitzer or il Giannizzero, and he had been the pupil of Nicolaas van Eyck in 1656 in Antwerp.[2] He was born in Antwerp but was of German parentage and travelled to Rome in 1660.[2] Between 1665-1669 he made a trip to Turkey with Jan van Essen (bentname "Zantruiter" or "Santruyter", meaning horseman).[2] On 12 September 1682 he married Margherita Gambari in Rome.[2] He is known for battles scenes and works with horsemen in the style of Jacques Courtois.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 (Dutch) Pieter Hofman Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Pieter Hofman in the RKD
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