Pieter van der Plas and Pieter Meert
The masters of the Brussels centre for social welfare distributing clothes and bread to poor girls
Oil on canvas : 232 X 165 cm
Signed and dated bottom left “P. MEERT/1645/P. V. PLAS”
Brussels, Museum of the Centre for Social Welfare
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About Pieter van der Plas I
Flemish painter
Brussels (or possibly Haarlem) circa 1595 – circa 1650/61 Brussels
Portrait and genre painter, and tapestry designer.
It is not known whom van der Plas studied painting with.
His paintings remind of his younger contemporary painters: Gonzales Coques (Antwerp 1614/18 – 1684 Antwerp?) and Gillis van Tilborgh II (Brussels (?) circa 1625 – circa 1678 Brussels).
After he became a master in the local Painters’ Guild of Saint Luke he remained active in Brussels during his complete career.
Another contemporary painter, circa 1630/1650, also signed his works with “P.V. Plas”. He was a Dutch still life painter who was active in Flanders.
As to Pieter van der Plas II (1655 – 1708) he was a Dutch sculptor, printmaker and draughtsman.
The Museum of the Centre for Social Welfare of Brussels holds a large painting signed by both van der Plas and Pieter Meert. Meert (circa 1619/20 – 1669) was a younger portrait and genre scene painter. It is not known whom he studied under.
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