Artist

Pieter Balten

Portrait of Pieter Balten
Portrait of Pieter Balten

Flemish, 1525–1584

Pieter Balten was a Flemish Northern Renaissance artist. 7 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum. Pieter Balten was born in Antwerp.

Peeter Baltens, Pieter Balten or Pieter Custodis (c. 1527 in Antwerp – 1584 in Antwerp), was a Flemish Renaissance painter, draughtsman, engraver and publisher. Baltens was also active as an art dealer and poet. He was known for his genre paintings, religious compositions and landscapes.

His career and artistic development and that of the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder were closely intertwined. He is credited as being one of the key inventors of the genre of the village scene in Flemish and Dutch art.

Works by Pieter Balten

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