Artists

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  Market Woman with Vegetable Stall $AU 184.97 ~ 290.02
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  Market Scene $AU 236.75 ~ 1,291.49
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  Peasants by the Hearth $AU 267.73 ~ 2,413.25
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  Vendor of Fowl $AU 264.35 ~ 1,207.08
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  The Cook $AU 235.18 ~ 1,296.98

Nicknamed Lange Pier or Pietro Lungo, was an important pioneer of still life and genre painting in Flanders and Holland in the 16th century. After studying under Allaert Claesz. In Amsterdam, He went to Antwerp, where he worked until 1555. He is listed as a member of St Lukes Guild from backgrounds and elements drawn from everyday surroundings, are common in his work. These subjects played a special role in European still-life painting. The way in which Aertsen incorporated elements of Venetian art and harmoniously combined them with his own northern style was of great importance. Many of his alter paintings were lost in 1566 when countless religious works were destroyed as a part of the reformation. Major works by the artist include Triptych of The Crucifixion, 1546 Koninklikj Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp; Christ at the house of Mary and Peasant Scene, 1556, Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp.