- Pieter Lastman
Pieter Lastman (1583,
Amsterdam - buried4 April 1633 , Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter .ref|Murray97 Lastman is important as a painter of history pieces and because his pupils includedRembrandt andJan Lievens . In his paintings Lastman paid a lot of attention to the faces, hands and feet.Pieter Lastman was the son of a town-beadle, who was fired in 1578 because he stayed catholic. His mother was an appraiser of paintings and goods. His apprenticeship was with Gerrit Sweelinck, the brother of
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck . Between approximately 1604 and 1607 Lastman was inItaly , where he was influenced byCaravaggio (as were the painters of theUtrecht School a few years later) and byAdam Elsheimer . Back in Amsterdam he moved in with his mother in theSint Antoniesbreestraat , living next to mayorGeurt van Beuningen . Lastman never married although he promised to marry the sister ofGerbrand Adriaensz Bredero . Because of his health Lastman moved in with his brother in 1632. He died the next year and was buried in theOude Kerk .Because Rembrandt never visited Italy, it is likely that he was influenced by Caravaggio (see e.g.
chiaroscuro ) mainly or significantly via Lastman.References
*Murray, P. & L. (1997). "Penguin dictionary of art and artists" (7th edition), p. 287, 436–438. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-051300-0.
External links
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/lastman_pieter.html Artcyclopedia on Pieter Lastman]
* [http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/SK-A-2354?lang=en&context_space=&context_id= The Rijksmuseum on Pieter Lastman]
* [http://www.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=203 Literature]
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