MULIER, Pieter the Younger


MULIER, Pieter the Younger

Artist

(b. 1637, Haarlem, d. 1701, Milano)

Details

Dutch marine painter, nicknamed Il Cavalier Tempesta or Pietro Tempesta. He was the son of Pieter Mulier the Elder (c. 1615-70), a marine painter who trained under Simon de Vlieger. Pieter the Younger lived in Italy from 1684 until his death. He spent 16 years in jail accused of a murder. He has applied the knowledge and experience gained there to create a realistic depiction of weather conditions and its effects on shipping, together with a detailed account of shipping in a Mediterranean setting. //


Category Artists
Artists by letter M
Artist nationality Dutch