Bonaventura Peeters the Elder

Portrait of Bonaventure Peeters by Wenceslas Hollar, 1649

Bonaventura Peeters (I) or Bonaventura Peeters the Elder (23 July 1614 – 25 July 1652) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and etcher. He became one of the leading marine artists in the Low Countries in the first half of the 17th century with his depictions of marine battles, storms at sea, shipwrecks and views of ships in rivers and harbours.[1][2]

  1. ^ Hans Vlieghe (1998). Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585–1700. Pelican History of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07038-1
  2. ^ Bonaventura Peeters (I) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)

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