Pieter Fransz. de Grebber, ca. (1600 - died 1652-54)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• De Grebber was born in Haarlem.
• He was the oldest son of Frans Pietersz de Grebber.
• His father was a painter and embroiderer in Haarlem.
• He learned to paint from his father and from Hendrick Goltzius.
• He was descended from a Catholic and artistic family and his sister Maria later became the mother-in-law of Gabriel Metsu.
• Besides history paintings, Pieter de Grebber also painted a number of portraits.
• Many drawings and a few etchings by him have survived.
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