Pieter Boel
ARTISTPieter Boel or Peeter Boel was a Flemish painter, printmaker and tapestry designer. He specialised in lavish still lifes and animal paintings. He moved to Paris, where he worked in the gobelin factory and became a painter to the king. Pieter Boel revolutionized animal painting by working directly from live animals in a natural setting. He thus arrived at representations of animals showing them in their natural, characteristic poses. He had many followers in France.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: Pieter Boel (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Pieter Boel, wall art & digital downloads
Pieter Boel (Flemish, 1622–1674) has 1 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive, each available as a digital download or a made-to-order print.
Pieter Boel or Peeter Boel was a Flemish painter, printmaker and tapestry designer. He specialised in lavish still lifes and animal paintings. He moved to Paris, where he worked in the gobelin factory and became a painter to the king. Pieter Boel revolutionized animal painting by working directly from live animals in a natural setting. He thus arrived at representations of animals showing them in their natural, characteristic poses. He had many followers in France.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Pieter Boel's work on the site falls under Plants & Animals (6), Still Life (5).
By movement, it's catalogued as 17th Century (1).
Culture: Belgian (11).
By orientation: 9 landscape, 2 square.
Other Flemish artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- Anthony van Dyck — 858 artworks
- Paulus Pontius — 281 artworks
- David Teniers The Younger — 242 artworks
- Jacob Jordaens — 142 artworks
- Pieter van Bloemen — 60 artworks
- Jan Brueghel the Younger — 44 artworks
- Cornelis Schut — 41 artworks
- Michael Sweerts — 38 artworks
Prints of these artworks
As well as a free preview and digital download, each of these 1 artworks can be ordered printed, rolled or framed, made to order and shipped locally from $21.99.
Sizes and framing
Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.