Pieter Pietersz The Elder

Place: Antwerp

Born: 1540

Death: 1603

Biography:

Pieter Pietersz the Elder, also Pieter Pietersz. (I), (1540–1603) was a Dutch Renaissance painter. He was born in Antwerp. According to Karel van Mander, who mentioned him in his biography of his father Pieter Aertsen, he followed in his father's footsteps but took to painting portraits and genre scenes. He was a prolific painter and many of his works can be found in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.