Pieter van Avont
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Pieter van Avont, also Peeter van Avont, (1600–1652) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker during the Baroque era.
Life
van Avont was baptized 14 January 1600 in Mechelen, Flanders and died on 1 November 1652 in Deurne, Flanders.
Van Avont painted together with Jan Brueghel the Elder, David Vinckboons, Lucas van Uden and Jan Wildens among others.
Around 1622/3, he became master of the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp and became a citizen of that city in 1631. He died in 1652.[1]
Frans Wouters was apprenticed to Pieter van Avont in 1629 but Wouters broke his contract to move to the workshop of Rubens[2] in 1634.
Work
(incomplete)
- Flora im Garten Blumen und Bäume, with Jan Brueghel the Elder, copper engraving, 70 × 47 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie, Vienna, Austria
- Heilige Familie in einem Blumen- und Früchtekranz with Jan Brueghel the Elder, c. 1623, oil on panel, 93,5 × 72 cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany (pictured)
- Kruisafneming naar Rubens 1641, Sint-Gertrudiskerk Vorst-Laakdal, oil on canvas, 177 x 144 cm.
- Maria Hemelvaart 1642, Sint-Gertrudiskerk Vorst-Laakdal, oil on canvas, 174 x 133 cm.
van Avont has paintings in public collections including four in the United Kingdom.[1]
See also
References
External links
- http://www.answers.com/topic/pieter-van-avont-1
- http://www.galerieseidler.at/avont_pieter_van_cv.htm
Media related to Pieter van Avont at Wikimedia Commons