Pieter Lastman

Pieter Lastman (* 1583 in Amsterdam, † April 4, 1633 ) was a Dutch painter. He was the son of the wealthy city messenger and portfolio manager Pieter Segerszoon.

Life

According to the report by Karel van Mander, a Dutch painter and poet, Lastman was a pupil of the painter Gerrit Pietersz Sweelink. After completing his training, he traveled to Italy around 1602. He should have stayed among others in Venice and in Rome belonged to a circle of painters who had formed around Adam Elsheimer.

Lastman went back to Amsterdam in 1607; his earliest dated picture is from 1608. Lastman mainly painted biblical and mythological scenes in scenic surroundings, from which the flight into Egypt, the baptism of the eunuch, before Odysseus Nausicaa, Judgment of Midas and the raising of Lazarus are emphasized.

Lastman gained quite quickly as a history painter fame, his workshop was viewed so he could sell his pictures at high prices. In praise of the city of Amsterdam Lastman is referred to in 1618 as the most important painter in his hometown. 1619 he took Jan Lievens on as a student. 1625 Rembrandt was six months his student and Lastman's Balaam and the donkey of 1611 will be 1626 Rembrandt was known for his paintings donkey of Balaam.

Last man devoted himself to the study of the composition and the proper telling of history paintings. Lastman's famous pupil guaranteed that his Kompositionsprizipien were handed down through several generations of painters of time.

Very few works of Lastman were commissioned. He was one of an emerging group of artists at this time, each of which had specialized in a certain genre and offered their works on the open market. In art history, he is considered the first painter of the 17th century, exclusively devoted to the history painting.

Works

  • Flight into Egypt, 1608, wood, 28 × 24 cm.
  • Farewell Hagar, 1612, wood, 49 × 71 cm.
  • Battle between Constantine and Maxentius, 1613, canvas, 158 × 165 cm. (see Battle of the Milvian Bridge )
  • Susanna and the Elders, 1614, oil on wood, 47,2 x 38,6 cm Gemäldegalerie (Berlin)
  • Christ and the Canaanite, 1617, wood, 78 × 108 cm.
  • David plays the harp, 1618, wood, 79 × 117 cm.
  • Paris and Oenone, 1619 (see Oinone )
  • Odysseus and Nausicaa, 1619, wood, 90 × 115 cm.
  • Laban asked by Rachel stole the idols back, 1622, wood, 110 x 152 cm
  • Dido sacrificed to Juno, 1630, wood, 74 × 106 cm.
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