Christoffel Pierson

Christoffel Pierson
Portrait by Arnoud van Halen.
Born	Christoffel Pierson (1631-05-19)May 19, 1631 The Hague
Died	11 August 1714(1714-08-11) (aged 83) Gouda
Nationality	Dutch
Known for	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Christoffel Pierson (19 May 1631 – 11 August 1714) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to Arnold Houbraken, Pierson was brought up to become a merchant. Schooled in Latin, French, and drawing, he spent time as a clerk (in a "comptoir"), but showed more talent for painting, which he learned from friend Bartholomeus Meyburgh, who was only 3 years older than he was.^[1] In 1551-1552 he spent a year studying with Meyburgh, and then he moved to Schiedam, where he married his first wife in 1652.^[1][2] In 1653 he travelled with Meyburgh to Germany. On the way back they travelled through Bremervörde, where they met with the Swedish Army, and Pierson painted the portrait of Fieldmarshal Carl Gustaf Wrangel. The fieldmarshal was so satisfied that he offered both men the chance of becoming court painter to Queen Christina, but they turned it down, Meyburgh because he didn't want to, and Pierson because he had only just gotten married 6 months beforehand.^[1]

Upon his return to the Netherlands Pierson moved his household to

He was also a good poet, and wrote as many poems as he made paintings. The painter and printmaker Arnoud van Halen made a portrait of him for his cabinet of poets, that at the time Houbraken was writing, totalled more than 100 portraits.^[1]

His last play, Dagobert, was published in the year of his death, 1714.^[1]

Though he worked in several locations, most notably in Gouda and

• Artwork selection
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  Trompe-l'œil with hawking equipment.
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  Still life with hunting weapons and devices, 1699.
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  Still life with bust of Artemis, hunting weapons and devices

References

External links

Media related to Christoffel Pierson at Wikimedia Commons

• Christoffel Pierson on Artnet