Peter van Boucle (between 1600-1610 - 1673)

• Was a Flemish Baroque painter.
• Name variations: Peter van Boeckel, Pieter van Boeckel, Pierre van Boucle, Pieter van Boeckel, Pieter van Bouck, Pieter van Boucle, Pieter van Bouck, Pieter Boucle and Pierre van Boucle.
• Peter van Boucle claimed that he was a pupil of Frans Snyders but there are no written sources available in Antwerp that support this contention.
• Van Boucle's father Carel was an engraver, who had become a master in the Guild of St. Luke of Antwerp in 1603.
• He worked for a while with the still life painter Lubin Baugin in the studio of Simon Vouet.
• Van Boucle signed his works with the initials PVB.
• Van Boucle mainly painted still lifes and paintings of animals.
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