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Pieter Bout is primarily concerned with landscape, which he develops through views of cities, villages, harbours, beaches and rivers. His paintings often include lively scenes, such as village festivities and people enjoying themselves on the ice; he also paints Italianate landscapes in the manner of Nicolaes Berchem. His teachers are unknown. An early work is dated 1664, before his admission as a master to the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke in 1671.
According to the article, Bout is said to have worked in Paris around 1675–1677 and to have frequently collaborated there with Adriaen Frans Boudewyns, although this is not confirmed by primary sources. He returned to Brussels in 1677 and remained active there until the end of his career. The article also indicates that he probably travelled to the United Provinces and Italy. His drawings and etchings take up subjects and stylistic approaches similar to those of his paintings.
A collaboration with Lucas Smout illustrates the division of roles between the two painters: Bout paints a beach and harbour view, while Smout paints the figures. The work, known by the title Harbour and Fish Market and held at the Musée des beaux-arts de Quimper, may depict Scheveningen. The Rijksmuseum also attributes a religious painting entitled The Adoration of the Shepherds to Bout.
This profile brings together identity references for Pieter Bout and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Schuler · Lempertz · Dobiaschofsky
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Oil on wood
Buntes Treiben an einem Hafen vor einer befestigten Stadt
Öl auf Holz
Auction date : 2023-11-18
Published result : 11970 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Oil on canvas
Marktplatz
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2021-03-24
Published result : 13369 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 8000–10000
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Oil on wood
und Boudewyns, Adriaen Frans (1644 Brüssel 1719) Umkreis Landschaft mit Wanderern und Ruine
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2018-03-23
Published result : 1100 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1400
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1620/47 Brüssel 1689/1719
Öl auf Holz
Date to be documented
Published result : 900 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800
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Oil on wood
in der Art Gebirgslandschaft mit Hirten und Bauern
Öl auf Holz
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2023-09-18
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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