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Pieter Leermans

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Dutch Golden Age painter

Portrait of unknown lady as Mary Magdalene, possibly Maria van Oosterwijk, 1649-1682

The Hermit, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Pieter Leermans (c. 1635, Leiden – 1706), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History he was a portrait painter of historical allegories.^[1] He is also known as Lieremans.^[1]

Little is known of his life, but he is considered to be one of the Leiden fijnschilders, as his "Hermit" in Dresden shows Gerard Dou's influence.^[2]

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References

1 2 Pieter Leermans in the RKD
↑ Sotheby's note on Dou painting "The Hermit"

Painting of an unknown lady as Maria Magdalena by Pieter Leermans

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