About Pieter Steenwijck
Lived 1615 – 1666 (aged 50–51). Pieter Steenwijck was a Dutch painter and draftsperson.
Vanitas with skull, watch with blue ribbon, flute with music book, and sealed parchment with "Vanitas omnia vanitas" Pieter Steenwijck (c. 1615, Delft – 1666, Delft), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Early life Steenwyck was born in Delft, 1615. He was the brother of Harmen Steenwijck, also a still-life painter. His father was Evert Hamenz who was an eyeglass maker. He and his brother were taught to paint by their uncle David Bailly in Leiden. Baily is credited with inventing the vanitas genre and he influenced Steenwyck to paint in the vanitas genre.
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Who was Pieter Steenwijck?
painter from the Northern Netherlands (1615-1666)
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Pieter Steenwijck was born in 1615 in Delft.
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Pieter Steenwijck died in 1666.
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Pieter Steenwijck was a painter and draftsperson.
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Pieter Steenwijck was Dutch.
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