Pieter Claeissens the Younger Bruges (c.1535-1623)
• Was a Flemish painter and cartographer.
• He was the second son of Pieter Claes, the elder, who was also a painter.
• He became a master of the Guild of St. Luke in Bruges in 1570.
• He was dean of the Guild in 1587, 1600, and 1606.
• Pieter Claeissins the Younger succeeded his younger brother Antoon as official painter to Bruges in 1581.
• He held the post until 1621.
• He painted history paintings, allegories and portraits which continued the Bruges style into the second half of the 16th century.
• His masterpiece is a triptych In the St. Walburga Church in Bruges, representing Our Lady of the Dry Tree painted in 1606-1608.
Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Allegory of the Peace in the Low Countries in 1577, 1577
Original, Groeninge Museum Brugge, Belgium. Visited in 2023.
Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Allegory of the Peace in the Low Countries in 1577, 1577
Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Allegory of the Peace in the Low Countries in 1577, 1577
Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Allegory of the Peace in the Low Countries in 1577, 1577
Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Allegory of the Peace in the Low Countries in 1577, 1577
Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Saints Bavo, James and Willibrord, 1574
Original, Groeninge Museum Brugge, Belgium. Visited in 2023.
Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Saints Bavo, James and Willibrord, 1574
Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Saints Bavo, James and Willibrord, 1574
Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Saints Bavo, James and Willibrord, 1574
