Pieter Stevens II (1567- after 1626)

• Was a Flemish painter and draughtsman.
• By April 1594 Stevens is recorded in Prague at his appointment as a court painter to the Emperor Rudolf II, with a salary of 8 guilders per month.
• It is likely that he became acquainted with the many other Flemish and Dutch artists active at the Prague court such as Roelandt Savery, Paulus van Vianen, Hans Vredeman de Vries, his son Paul Vredeman de Vries and Philippus van den Bossche.
• He was the father of Anton II (who trained under him) and Peter III.
• He was an uncle of Maurus Moreels (II) of Mechelen who studied under him in Prague.
• Two of his grandsons were also painters in Prague.
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