Pieter van Avont or Peeter van Avont (1600–1652),

• Was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker.
• He was known for his religious scenes and cabinet paintings often including nude children and putti.
• Van Avont was a frequent collaborator with many leading painters in Antwerp.
• Peeter van den Cruys was a pupil of van Avont in 1625-'26.
• Frans Wouters was apprenticed to Pieter van Avont in 1629 but Wouters broke his contract to move to the workshop of Rubens in 1634.
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