Attributed to Pieter van der Plas
The masters of the Brussels centre for social charity distributing clothes and bread to children in front of the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Oil on panel : 227 X 192 cm
Unsigned
Brussels, Royal Museum of Fine Arts
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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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