Pieter Verhoek

Pieter Verhoek (1633, Bodegraven – 1702, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was the brother of Gysbert Verhoek.[1] He was the pupil of Jacob van der Ulft of Gorinchem who taught him to be a glass painter, and then he moved to Amsterdam and became a pupil of Abraham Hondius.[2] He travelled to Italy and made learned to make battle scenes in the manner of Jacques Courtois.[2] Back in Amsterdam he became a member of the poet's society (Dutch: Dight-Schoole) of Jan Zoet, "Nil volentibus arduum", and wrote a play Karel de Stoute that was first performed in the Amsterdam theatre in 1689.[2] He wrote a poem in honor of Gerard de Lairesse and according to J.C. Weyerman he was good friends with the landscape painters Job and Gerrit Berckheyde.[2]

According to the RKD he was the brother of Gysbert and the nephew of Johannes Verhoek (who translated R de Piles from French in Dutch).[3]

References

  1. ↑ (Dutch) Pieter Verhoek Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. 1 2 3 4 Pieter Verhoek in Van der Aa, courtesy of the DBNL
  3. ↑ Pieter Verhoek in the RKD
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