Pieter Spierinckx
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Pieter Spierincks or Pieter Nicolaes Spierinckx[1] (30 August 1635, Antwerp – 30 August 1711, Antwerp or England) was a Flemish painter and designer of tapestries. He was an important representative of the Italianizing movement in Flemish landscape painting. He worked for prominent patrons including the kings of France and Spain.
Very little is known about the life and training of Pieter Spierincks. He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1655.[2] He was active in Antwerp in the period 1655–1660. Later he was in Italy, Lyon and Paris. In Paris he worked for the French king Louis XIV, for whom he painted landscapes. He was back in Antwerp in 1666. He was married to Jenne Marie de Jode, the daughter of the prominent engraver Gerard de Jode.
He likely died in Antwerp although it is possible that he died during a trip to England.[2]
He was the teacher of Geeraert Cruys and Jean Carel van de Bruynel.[2]
