Pieter Hermansz Verelst

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An Italian street scene with Bamboccianti playing cards and a quack preparing concoctions.

Pieter Harmensz Verelst (c. 1618,

Johannes Verelst
, also became painters.

Biography

Pieter Verelst was a pupil of

After his wife died he remarried in 1657. In 1660 he moved to Veerkade.

He is known mostly for genre paintings of Dutch and Italian village life.[1] He moved in the 1670s to Hulst where he became a brewer.[1]

Family tree

Pieter Hermansz Verelst 1618–1678
Herman Verelst 1641–1702Simon Pietersz Verelst 1644–1721?John Verelst 1648–1734
Cornelis Verelst 1667?–1734Maria Verelst 1680–1744William Verelst 1704–1752

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