Lot 345: Petrus Petrus Kiers Groeneveld 1807 - Amsterdam

Petrus Petrus Kiers
Groeneveld 1807 - Amsterdam 1875 attr.
Maidservant with Charcoals in a Bucket
Oil/wood, 32 x 26 cm, on the bucket monogrammed K. - Dutch figure painter. K. was pupil of D. de Hoop in Amsterdam a. also studied at the local academy. He specialized in scenes lit by the moon or lamplight. In 1856 he became member of the Amsterdam academy. His wife Elisabeth de Haanen a. their son George Laurens K. were painters as well. - Mus.: Amsterdam, Lübeck, Montpeller. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Scheen.