110 - Pieter van Bloemen (Antwerp, 1657–1720)

Pieter van Bloemen (Antwerp, 1657–1720) Shepherds’ Rest Oil on canvas 39.5 x 58.5 cm Pieter van Bloemen served his apprenticeship in the studio of Simon van Douw, a painter specializing in battle scenes and hunting scenes, and later honed his skills under the tutelage of Philips Wouwerman. Thanks to this training, he became highly skilled at depicting horses at rest or in motion, as well as at painting battles, encampments, and genre scenes featuring horses. He enjoyed success both in Rome, where he spent two decades beginning in the early 1670s, and in Antwerp, to which he returned in 1694. His nickname “Stendardo” (Standard-Bearer) derived from the flags he often included in his battle paintings. Pieter van Bloemen (Antwerp 1657–1720) Shepherds at Rest Oil on canvas 39.5 × 58.5 cm