Jan Peeters the Elder (1624–after 1677)

• Also known Johannes Peeters.
• Was a Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman.
• Peeters was born in Antwerp.
• He was the son of Cornelis Peeters and Catharina van Eelen.
• He was the brother of the painters Gillis, Bonaventura I and Catharina.
• He studied with his brothers Bonaventura and Gillis as well as Joannes Boots.
• He became a master of Antwerp's Guild of St. Luke in 1645.
• He was active in Hoboken near Antwerp from 1645 to 1654, likely working in his brother Bonaventura's workshop.
• In 1654 he married Catherine Buseliers and moved back to Antwerp.
• The couple had two children, Johannes Franciscus and Isabella.
• In 1659 Jan Peeters spent six months in the Dutch Republic drawing panoramas of several towns and harbours.
• These were later engraved by Gaspar Bouttats.
• He was the teacher of Adriaen van Bloemen.
• He died in Antwerp.
• Wenceslaus Hollar engraved in 1651 a set of six river and coastal views of places in the Dutch Republic after drawings of Jan Peeters.
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