Pieter de Keyser

Pieter de Keyser ( * ca 1595 in Amsterdam, † September 15, 1676 buried ibid ) was a Dutch architect and sculptor. He led his father's company Hendrick de Keyser continue after his death and completed some of his father 's lifetime Buildings started.

Life

Pieter de Keyser was the son of Hendrick de Keyser and his wife Beyken van wilder (* 1569 in Antwerp, buried on November 23, 1621 in Amsterdam). He had three brothers, Willem and Hendrick, also a sculptor, and Thomas, the painter was.

He was married three times, in 1623 with Magdalena Geens, 1625 with Magdalena Jacobs and 1639 with Catharina Beghin of Bagijn. Progeny are not known. From his third marriage a son is known, Cornelis de Keyser, baptized on June 29, 1642 in Amsterdam, the merchant was.

Work

On behalf of his father Pieter de Keyser took over 1617 the construction of Huis Bartolotti on the Amsterdam Herengracht ( today Herengracht 170-172 ). After the death of his father in 1621 he succeeded him as city by sculptor and completed the Westerkerk, the Noorderkerk and the Huis met de Hoofden on the Keizersgracht (now number 123). He also ended the Delft Nieuwe Kerk in by his father in 1614 started a mausoleum for William of Orange. He presented the work completed in 1622. Even the statue of Erasmus of Rotterdam on the Delft marketplace originates from him.

His other works include the Saaihal in the Amsterdam Staalstraat of 1641 and the building on the Kalverstraat, which today houses the Amsterdam Historical Museum. The Accijnshuis of 1637, however, is mainly attributed to Jacob van Campen; possibly comes the design of Peter de Keyser.

The English Nicholas Stone went from 1603 to 1613 at Hendrick and Pieter de Keyser in teaching.