Frans Pietersz de Grebber

Frans Pietersz de Grebber (1573, Haarlem – ca.1649, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to van Mander he was a good painter of landscapes and portraits, who designed tapestries and had been a pupil of Jacob Savery.^[1] According to Houbraken he had two children who were notable painters; Pieter de Grebber, who outshone his father, and Maria de Grebber, who was good with buildings and perspective.^[2]

According to the RKD he became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke around 1600 and remained an important citizen in Haarlem until his death.^[3] Besides his children, he taught the painters Vincent Casteleyn, Peter Lely, Judith Leyster, and Pieter Saenredam.^[3]

According to the archives of the Haarlem chamber of rhetoric called Trouw moet Blycken, he painted their best blazoen from a design by Goltzius.^[4]

References

^ (Dutch) Frans Pietersz. Grobber in Karel van Mander's Schilderboeck, 1604, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
^ (Dutch) Frans Pietersz de Grebber in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
^ ^a ^b Frans Pietersz de Grebber in the RKD
^ Inventory by Jhr. O. van Lennep available on the Trou Moet Blycken website

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Name	Grebber, Frans Pietersz de
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Date of birth	1573
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Date of death	1649
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