Pieter Barbiers (painter)

Pieter Antonsz Barbiers (bapt. April 23, 1717 in Amsterdam – September 7, 1780 in Amsterdam) was a skillful Dutch artist. He painted scenery for the theaters in Amsterdam, Leiden, etc.[1] Another picture representing the conflagration of the former in the year 1772 has been engraved by C. Bagerts.

Pieter Barbiers
Self portrait
Born
Pieter Barbiers

(1717-04-23)23 April 1717
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died7 September 1780(1780-09-07) (aged 63)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupationpainter
RelativesBartholomeus Barbiers and Pieter Pietersz Barbiers (sons)

His sons Bartholomeus Barbiers and Pieter Pietersz Barbiers were also painters.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Rose, Hugh James (1857). "Barbiers, Peter". A New General Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 3 BAH–BEE. London: B. Fellowes et al. p. 151.


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