Pieter Hermansz Verelst

Pieter Verelst (* 1620, † 1678 ) was a Dutch painter.

Life

Verelst was part of a famous family of painters and came from Antwerp. He was a pupil of Gerrit Dou. From 1643 to 1668 worked in The Hague, he painted some life-size half-figures ( portraits of an old woman, in the Berlin Museum, a Garnwinderin, in the Dresden Gallery ), partly manners images from the life of the people ( the seamstress in the Berlin Museum; peasants playing cards, in the gallery at Cassel, a reading by age in the lamp, in the Dresden Gallery ) in the manner of Rembrandt 's school.

He is the father of Harman Verelst ( 1641/2-99 ), a portrait painter, and Simon Verelst, who was famous for his flower paintings. Both sons moved to London. There also celebrated his granddaughter Maria Verelst (1680-1744), Harman's daughter, achievements as a painter, as well as her brother Cornelis Verelst (1667-1734), Harman's son. The great-grandson of William Verelst ( London 1732-56 ) was probably the most important portrait painter in the family.