Pieter Aertsen was trained in Amsterdam by Allart Claesz and in 1535 he became a master of the St. Luke's Guild in Antwerp. In 1542 he married Katelijn Beuckelaer, the aunt of Joachim Beuckelaer, who later became his pupil. Aertsen's three sons Pieter, Aert and Dirck, were probably also his pupils, as was Johannes Stradanus. Around 1557 Aertsen returned to Amsterdam, perhaps in connection with important religious commissions. In addition to a number noteworthy altarpieces, Aertsen painted market scenes, town views, and still lifes, often with a biblical scene in the background. In his own time Aertsen was usally called 'Lange Pier' (tall Peter), because he was so tall.
Books on Pieter Aertsen
| Yvette Bruijnen Pieter Aertsen, Vier schilderijen doorgelicht. Eigen collectie Museum Boymans-van Beuningen Rotterdam 1990 Rotterdam, [1990] |
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| G.Th.M. Lemmens, W.Th. Kloek (ed.) Pieter Aertsen Den Haag, 1990 |
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| Keith P.F. Moxey Pieter Aertsen, Joachim Beuckelaer, and the Rise of Seculoar Painting in the Context of the Reformation New York, 1977 |
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Catalogues
| J. Dijkstra, P.P.W.M. Dirkse en A.E.A.M. Smits De schilderijen van Museum Catharijneconvent Utrecht, Zwolle, 2002 |
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| Sandra de Vries m.m.v. Paul Huys Janssen en Marc Rudolf de Vrij (eds.) De zestiende- en zeventiende-eeuwse schilderijen van het Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Collectie-catalogus Alkmaar; Zwolle, 1997 |
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| Staatliche Museen zu Berlin--Preußischer Kulturbesitz Dokumentation der Verluste, Band I - Gemäldegalerie Berlin, 1995 |
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| Pieter J.J. van Thiel, C.J. de Bruyn Kops, Jola Cleveringa, Wouter Kloek, Annemarie Vels Heijn All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, A completely illustrated catalogue Amsterdam; Maarssen, 1976 |
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Books with an entry on Pieter Aertsen
| P. Biesboer Collections of paintings in Haarlem, 1572-1745 Los Angeles, 2001 |
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Articles on Pieter Aertsen
| Margaret A. Sullivan, Bruegel the Elder, Pieter Aertsen, and the Beginnings of Genre, in Art Bulletin, 93, 2011 pp. 127-149 |
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| Ikem Stanley Okoye, Linger or Flee? Pieter Aertsen, "Iguegha Uhe," Michel Leiris, in Mariët Westermann (ed.), Anthropologies of art, Williamstown, Mass., 2005, pp 59-88 |
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| Charlotte Houghton, This Was Tomorrow: Pieter Aertsen's "Meat Stall" as Contemporary Art, in Art Bulletin, 86, 2004 pp. 277-300 |
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| Wouter Kloek, Een Aertsen tussen de surrealisten, in Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum, 51, 2003 pp. 364-367 |
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| Charlotte M. Houghton, A topical reference to urban controversy in Pieter Aertsen's 'Meat stall', in Burlington Magazine, 143, 2001 pp. 158-160 |
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J. Bruyn, Een portret van Pieter Aertsen en de Amsterdamse portretschilderkunst 1550-1600, met een postscriptum over Huybrecht Beuckelaer (alias Hubbert/Hubbard), in Oud Holland, 113, 1999 pp. 107-136
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| Margaret A. Sullivan, Aertsen's Kitchen and Market Scenes: Audience and Innovation in Northern Art, in Art Bulletin, 81, 1999 pp. 236-266 |
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| Yvette Bruijnen, Fruits and vegetables: new information on the workshop practice of Pieter Aertsen, in Oud Holland, 108, 1994 pp. 120-126 |
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| Wouter Kloek, Pieter Aertsen en het probleem van et samenstellen van zijn oeuvre, in G.Th.M. Lemmens, W.Th. Kloek (ed.), Pieter Aertsen, Den Haag, 1990, pp 1-28 |
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| Keith Moxey, Interpreting Pieter Aertsen: The Problem of 'Hidden Symbolism', in G.Th.M. Lemmens, W.Th. Kloek (ed.), Pieter Aertsen, Den Haag, 1990, pp 29-39 |
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| Reindert L. Falkenburg, 'Alter Einoutus': Over de aard en herkomst van Pieter Aertsens stillevenconceptie, in G.Th.M. Lemmens, W.Th. Kloek (ed.), Pieter Aertsen, Den Haag, 1990, pp 40-66 |
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| Ethan Matt Kavaler, Pieter Aertsen's Meat Stall, Divers aspects of the market piece, in G.Th.M. Lemmens, W.Th. Kloek (ed.), Pieter Aertsen, Den Haag, 1990, pp 67-92 |
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| Hans Buijs, Voorstellingen van Christus in het huis van Martha en Maria in het zestiende-eeuwse keukenstuk, in G.Th.M. Lemmens, W.Th. Kloek (ed.), Pieter Aertsen, Den Haag, 1990, pp 93-128 |
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| Wouter Kloek, De tekeningen van Pieter Aertsen en Joachim Beuckelaer, in G.Th.M. Lemmens, W.Th. Kloek (ed.), Pieter Aertsen, Den Haag, 1990, pp 129-166 |
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| Jacqueline M.C. Boreel, Francis W.H. van Zon-Christoffels, Enkele aspecten van de schilderspraktijk in het atelier van Pieter Aertsen natuurwetenschappelijk nader bekeken, in G.Th.M. Lemmens, W.Th. Kloek (ed.), Pieter Aertsen, Den Haag, 1990, pp 167-196 |
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| Martin Bijl, Manja Zeldenrust, Wouter Kloek, Pieter Aertsen in het restauratie-atelier van het Rijksmuseum, in G.Th.M. Lemmens, W.Th. Kloek (ed.), Pieter Aertsen, Den Haag, 1990, pp 197-233 |
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| Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman, Monumentale glasschilderkunst in de kathedraal van Granada., Teodoro de Holanda, de Meester van de Verloren Zoon en de relatie tot Pieter Aertsen, in G.Th.M. Lemmens, W.Th. Kloek (ed.), Pieter Aertsen, Den Haag, 1990, pp 263-280 |
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| David Freedberg, Aertsen, Heemskerck en de crisis van de kunst in de Nederlanden, in Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum, 35, 1987 pp. 224-241 |
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| Günter Irmscher, Ministrae voluptatum: stoicizing ethics in the market and kitchen scenes of Pieter Aertsen and Joachim Beuckelaer, in Simiolus, 16, 1986 pp. 219-232 |
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| Kenneth M. Craig, Pars Ergo Marthae Transit: Pieter Aertsen's 'Inverted' Paintings of Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, in Oud Holland, 97, 1983 pp. 25-39 |
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| Kenneth M. Craig, Pieter Aertsen and The Meat Stall, in Oud Holland, 96, 1982 pp. 1-15 |
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| H.L.M. Defoer, Pieter Aertsen: "The Mass of St. Gregory with the Mystic Winepress", in Master Drawings, 18, 1980 pp. 134-141, 197 |
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| Th.H. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Pieter Aertsen en Joachim Beuckelaer en hun ontleeningen aan Serlio's architectuurprenten, in Oud Holland, 62, 1947 pp. 123-134 |
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| Simone Bergmans, Deux portraits de Pieter Pieters par son père Pieter Aertsen, in Oud Holland, 53, 1936 pp. 152-159 |
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| I.Q. van Regteren Altena, Nieuwe Pieter Aertszens. I, in Oud Holland, 43, 1926 pp. 213-220 |
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| Mr. N. de Roever, Pieter Aertsz: gezegd Lange Pier, vermaard schilder, in Oud Holland, 7, 1889 pp. 1-38 |
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Articles with substantial mentioning of Pieter Aertsen
| Mr. A.D. de Vries Azn., Biografische aanreekeningen, betreffende voornamelijk amsterdamsche schilders, plaatsnijders, enz. en hunne verwanten, in Oud Holland, 3, 1885 pp. 55-80
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