Dutch painter (1595?1661)
Pieter de Molijn
(6 April 1595 in
London
– 23 March 1661 in
Haarlem
) was a
Dutch Golden Age
painter and engraver of English birth and Flemish descent.
[1]
He was baptized in the
Dutch Reformed
Austin Friars
church in
London
. He was born to Pieter de Moijn, from
Ghent
, and Lynken van den Bossche, from
Brussels
. It is possible that the family emigrated due to business rather than religious persecution.
[1]
Little is known of his early training, but he probably traveled to Italy and in 1616 he became a member of the
Haarlem
Guild of St. Luke
. He was a contemporary of
Jacob Pinas
.
[2]
He married Geertuyt Huygen de Bie. During the years 1616–27 he lived in
Delft
where he remarried after his first wife died. In the marriage notice, his wife Geertruyt de Roovere is from
Amsterdam
and he is from Delft.
De Molijn was possibly a student of
Esaias van de Velde
. He taught several students, including
Gerard ter Borch the Elder
&
his son
,
Jan Coelenbier
,
Allart van Everdingen
, Christian de Hulst, Anthony Molijn (1635-1702), and
Jan Wils
.
[3]
De Molijn was known for his
landscapes
, but he also made
genre pieces
, marine scenes, portraits,
and architectural pieces. This type of oeuvre is typical for the Italian-bound artists of his day, who paid their way as a jack-of-all-trades.
Pieter de Molijn the Younger ("Peter Tempesta")
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According to
Arnold Houbraken
, Pieter de Molijn had a son Pieter (1637–1701)
[4]
who could also paint quite well, but who emigrated to
Rome
at a young age and became a member of the
Bentvueghels
with the nickname
Tempeest
.
[5]
He was thought to be a man of 50 by
Isaac de Moucheron
when he was in Rome (
Bent
name
Ordenantie
) in 1697. He specialized in
wilde zwynenjagten
, or hunting scenes, in the manner of
Frans Snyders
. In
Genoa
he was imprisoned for 16 years for killing his wife. He was visited in prison by Jan Visser, a painter from the Bentvueghels known as
Slempop
. When
the French bombarded the city
in 1684, he was set free and fled to
Parma
, where he lived to old age, painting with
two eyeglasses, one in front of the other
.
According to the art historian
Marcel Roethlisberger
, the nickname
Pietro Tempesta
was given to another Haarlemmer, the painter
Pieter Mulier II
, who was given the name for painting ships in stormy seas. His RKD entry indicates that the only one of his sons who became a painter of note was his pupil Anthony.
[3]
[6]
References
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a
b
Allen, Eva J. (2003).
Molyn [Molijn], Pieter (de)
. Oxford Art Online.
doi
:
10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T058974
.
ISBN
978-1-884446-05-4
. Retrieved
8 November
2021
.
Molyn [ Molijn ], Pieter ( de ) ( b London, bapt April 6, 1595; d Haarlem, bur March 23, 1661 ). Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher of English birth and Flemish descent. His father, Pieter de Molijn, came from Ghent and his mother, Lynken van den Bossche, from Brussels. It is not known why they went to England, perhaps for employment rather than to avoid religious persecution.
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Pieter Molyn biography
in
De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen
(1718) by
Arnold Houbraken
, courtesy of the
Digital library for Dutch literature
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a
b
Pieter de Molijn
in the
RKD
- ^
Henry Reveley.
Notices illustrative of the drawings and sketches of some of the most distinguished masters in all the principal schools of design.
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820. Page 233.)
- ^
P. Molyn biography
in
De groote schouburgh
- ^
Anthony Molijn
in the
RKD
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