Maarten Pepyn

Maarten Pepyn
Maarten Pepyn, painting by Anthony van Dyck.
Birth name	Maarten Pepyn
Born	21 February 1575(1575-02-21) Antwerp
Died	1643 (aged 67–68) Antwerp
Nationality	Belgium
Field	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Maarten Pepyn (Antwerp, 21 February 1575–Antwerp, 1643) was a Flemish Baroque painter.

Biography

It is unknown who taught him how to paint, but he became a master of Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1600. The following year he married Maria Huybrechts. Together they had five children, of whom a son and a daughter became painters. His daughter Katherine (1619–1668) became a respected portrait painter. According to Houbraken, Rubens was said to have been relieved to hear he was married, since he felt that he would otherwise threaten his position as the best painter of Antwerp. This convinced him that he was known as a great artist in his own time.^[1][2]

He painted an altar piece for the Guild of St Luke in Antwerp that is now in the possession of the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerpen. He also painted a religious scene Crossing the Red Sea in 1626. Besides his children, his pupils were Matthieu Matthiesens and Matthys Goossens.^[3]

References

1. ^ Marten Pepyn biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
2. ^ Het Gulden Cabinet p 413
3. ^ Marten Pepijn in the RKD

Persondata
Name	Pepyn, Maarten
Alternative names
Short description	painter
Date of birth	21 February 1575
Place of birth	Antwerp
Date of death	1643
Place of death	Antwerp