Pieter Aertsen (1508-09 - 1575) 

• Called Lange Piet ("Tall Pete") because of his height.
• He was a Dutch painter.
• Aertsen was born in Amsterdam.
• He was apprenticed to Allaert Claesz.
• He later travelled to the Southern Netherlands and took up residence in Antwerp, first with his compatriot Jan Mandijn.
• Aertsen became a member of Antwerp's Guild of Saint Luke.
•He is credited with the invention of the monumental genre scene, which combines still life and genre painting and often also includes a biblical scene in the background.
• He married Kathelijne Beuckelaar, the daughter and sister of an Antwerp painter and aunt of Joachim Beuckelaer and Huybrecht Beuckeleer.
• Of the couple's eight children, three sons, Pieter, Aert, and Dirk became successful painters.
• Unlike Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Aertsen's genre figures (especially the women) were mostly depicted idealized with considerable dignity and no effort at comedy.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Pieter Aertsen, Market Scene, ca. 1560-65.
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