About Pieter Withoos
Lived 1655 – 1692 (aged 36–37). Pieter Withoos was a Dutch botanical illustrator and painter.
Pieter Withoos (1655 – 23 April 1692), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Withoos was born in Amersfoort. According to Houbraken he was the second son of Mathias Withoos, brother to the painters Johannes, Frans and Alida Withoos. He painted flowers and all sorts of small insects and animals in watercolours, mostly for albums of garden art collectors. He died in Amsterdam.
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Who was Pieter Withoos?
painter from the Northern Netherlands (1655-1692)
When was Pieter Withoos born?
Pieter Withoos was born in 1655 in Amersfoort.
When did Pieter Withoos die?
Pieter Withoos died on 23 April 1692 in Amsterdam.
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Pieter Withoos was a botanical illustrator and painter.
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Pieter Withoos was Dutch.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Pieter Withoos. https://biography.guide/pieter-withoos/
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