Eastern Hemisphere Map - Jacques Peeters (Jacob Balthasar Peeters) - Antwerp 1692
Rare and hard to locate engraving of a simple globe is centred on the Eastern Hemisphere and features the signs of the zodiac along the horizon ring. It includes limited information with only a few place names outside of the names of the continents.
Publication: L'Atlas en Abrege, ou Nouvelle Description du Monde - (Photo of folio front page not in sale)
Sheet size: 25 X 18cm (including margins) - Image 14 X 16cm. Atlas frontispiece photo is only to highlight the atlas edition that this map was in. Small smudge evident within the engraving. Price and grading adjusted.
Also known as - Jacobus Peeters - individual; publisher/printer; Flemish; Male - 1637-1695
Biography
Jacob Balthasar Peeters, also known as Jacob Peeters or Jacobus Peeters (1660-61 – after 1721) was a Flemish publisher / painter who specialised in architectural paintings depicting imaginary Renaissance and Baroque palaces populated with elegant figures wearing exotic clothes and headgear and shown in theatrical, stage-like postures. Peeters also painted realistic interiors of existing churches with staffage.
Very little is known about the life and career of Jacob Balthasar Peeters. Some confusion about the facts of his life is caused by the fact that the name Jacob or Jacobus Peeters was quite common at the time, and there appears to have been at least one other contemporary Jacobus Peeters who was also a painter active in Antwerp. It is not clear when or where he was born. As he was mentioned as being 22 years old in a document dated 28 May 1683, he must have been born in 1660 or 1661. He was likely born in Antwerp as his father Daniel was a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. His mother was Martina Wouters.
A Jacobus Peeters was registered in the guild year 1672–72 at the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil of the painter Peter van de Velde. A Jacobus Peeters is also mentioned as a pupil in the guild year 1675–76.It is not clear with which of these pupils Jacob Balthasar Peeters should be identified but it is more likely he was the latter one.[4][5] On 28 May 1683, his mother and the marine and landscape painter Hendrik van Minderhout entered into a one-year contract pursuant to which van Minderhout was to teach Jacob to draw and paint. The contract further stipulated that "He will learn for a year, in the summer from 7am to 6pm, in the winter from 8am until the fall of darkness. He will paint landscapes and staffage. Outside of his working hours he is allowed to draw, sketch and paint after the works of his master, also on Sundays and holidays, for his own profit. The cost is 100 guilder, a possible second term costs 15 Flemish pounds.
In the guild year 1688–1689, Peeters became a master in the Guild as a 'wijnmeester', i.e. the son of a master. Elected in 1695 to serve as dean of the Guild, he preferred to pay the fixed contribution of 360 guilders to be exempted from this charge. He may possibly be identified with the Jacobus Peeters constschilder (painter) who makes together with his wife Barbara Christina Witten a will on 7 June 1699, while living on Kipdorp near the St. James Church. If that is the case, the couple had at least one son Henricus Josephus who was an Augustine monk in Antwerp. His pupils included Jan-Baptist van Isschot, Jan Baptist van der Straeten, Jan Carel Vierpeyl, Rombaut Bacx and Nicolaas Gillis.
The date and place of his death are not known. The artist is usually described as being active from circa 1673 to circa 1721 in Antwerp. A pair of paintings depicting the interiors of the Jesuit Church in Antwerp and signed and dated 1721 are evidence that the artist was still alive in that year. If he is the Jacobus Peeter who was the widower of Barbara Christina Witten, he made his will as a widower on 20 November 1753, when he must have been already 92 or 93 years of age.
As was common practice in Antwerp artistic practice of that period, Peeters collaborated with other artists.
Rare and hard to locate engraving of a simple globe is centred on the Eastern Hemisphere and features the signs of the zodiac along the horizon ring. It includes limited information with only a few place names outside of the names of the continents.
Publication: L'Atlas en Abrege, ou Nouvelle Description du Monde - (Photo of folio front page not in sale)
Sheet size: 25 X 18cm (including margins) - Image 14 X 16cm. Atlas frontispiece photo is only to highlight the atlas edition that this map was in. Small smudge evident within the engraving. Price and grading adjusted.
Also known as - Jacobus Peeters - individual; publisher/printer; Flemish; Male - 1637-1695
Biography
Jacob Balthasar Peeters, also known as Jacob Peeters or Jacobus Peeters (1660-61 – after 1721) was a Flemish publisher / painter who specialised in architectural paintings depicting imaginary Renaissance and Baroque palaces populated with elegant figures wearing exotic clothes and headgear and shown in theatrical, stage-like postures. Peeters also painted realistic interiors of existing churches with staffage.
Very little is known about the life and career of Jacob Balthasar Peeters. Some confusion about the facts of his life is caused by the fact that the name Jacob or Jacobus Peeters was quite common at the time, and there appears to have been at least one other contemporary Jacobus Peeters who was also a painter active in Antwerp. It is not clear when or where he was born. As he was mentioned as being 22 years old in a document dated 28 May 1683, he must have been born in 1660 or 1661. He was likely born in Antwerp as his father Daniel was a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. His mother was Martina Wouters.
A Jacobus Peeters was registered in the guild year 1672–72 at the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil of the painter Peter van de Velde. A Jacobus Peeters is also mentioned as a pupil in the guild year 1675–76.It is not clear with which of these pupils Jacob Balthasar Peeters should be identified but it is more likely he was the latter one.[4][5] On 28 May 1683, his mother and the marine and landscape painter Hendrik van Minderhout entered into a one-year contract pursuant to which van Minderhout was to teach Jacob to draw and paint. The contract further stipulated that "He will learn for a year, in the summer from 7am to 6pm, in the winter from 8am until the fall of darkness. He will paint landscapes and staffage. Outside of his working hours he is allowed to draw, sketch and paint after the works of his master, also on Sundays and holidays, for his own profit. The cost is 100 guilder, a possible second term costs 15 Flemish pounds.
In the guild year 1688–1689, Peeters became a master in the Guild as a 'wijnmeester', i.e. the son of a master. Elected in 1695 to serve as dean of the Guild, he preferred to pay the fixed contribution of 360 guilders to be exempted from this charge. He may possibly be identified with the Jacobus Peeters constschilder (painter) who makes together with his wife Barbara Christina Witten a will on 7 June 1699, while living on Kipdorp near the St. James Church. If that is the case, the couple had at least one son Henricus Josephus who was an Augustine monk in Antwerp. His pupils included Jan-Baptist van Isschot, Jan Baptist van der Straeten, Jan Carel Vierpeyl, Rombaut Bacx and Nicolaas Gillis.
The date and place of his death are not known. The artist is usually described as being active from circa 1673 to circa 1721 in Antwerp. A pair of paintings depicting the interiors of the Jesuit Church in Antwerp and signed and dated 1721 are evidence that the artist was still alive in that year. If he is the Jacobus Peeter who was the widower of Barbara Christina Witten, he made his will as a widower on 20 November 1753, when he must have been already 92 or 93 years of age.
As was common practice in Antwerp artistic practice of that period, Peeters collaborated with other artists.
Rare and hard to locate engraving of a simple globe is centred on the Eastern Hemisphere and features the signs of the zodiac along the horizon ring. It includes limited information with only a few place names outside of the names of the continents.
Publication: L'Atlas en Abrege, ou Nouvelle Description du Monde - (Photo of folio front page not in sale)
Sheet size: 25 X 18cm (including margins) - Image 14 X 16cm. Atlas frontispiece photo is only to highlight the atlas edition that this map was in. Small smudge evident within the engraving. Price and grading adjusted.
Also known as - Jacobus Peeters - individual; publisher/printer; Flemish; Male - 1637-1695
Biography
Jacob Balthasar Peeters, also known as Jacob Peeters or Jacobus Peeters (1660-61 – after 1721) was a Flemish publisher / painter who specialised in architectural paintings depicting imaginary Renaissance and Baroque palaces populated with elegant figures wearing exotic clothes and headgear and shown in theatrical, stage-like postures. Peeters also painted realistic interiors of existing churches with staffage.
Very little is known about the life and career of Jacob Balthasar Peeters. Some confusion about the facts of his life is caused by the fact that the name Jacob or Jacobus Peeters was quite common at the time, and there appears to have been at least one other contemporary Jacobus Peeters who was also a painter active in Antwerp. It is not clear when or where he was born. As he was mentioned as being 22 years old in a document dated 28 May 1683, he must have been born in 1660 or 1661. He was likely born in Antwerp as his father Daniel was a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. His mother was Martina Wouters.
A Jacobus Peeters was registered in the guild year 1672–72 at the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil of the painter Peter van de Velde. A Jacobus Peeters is also mentioned as a pupil in the guild year 1675–76.It is not clear with which of these pupils Jacob Balthasar Peeters should be identified but it is more likely he was the latter one.[4][5] On 28 May 1683, his mother and the marine and landscape painter Hendrik van Minderhout entered into a one-year contract pursuant to which van Minderhout was to teach Jacob to draw and paint. The contract further stipulated that "He will learn for a year, in the summer from 7am to 6pm, in the winter from 8am until the fall of darkness. He will paint landscapes and staffage. Outside of his working hours he is allowed to draw, sketch and paint after the works of his master, also on Sundays and holidays, for his own profit. The cost is 100 guilder, a possible second term costs 15 Flemish pounds.
In the guild year 1688–1689, Peeters became a master in the Guild as a 'wijnmeester', i.e. the son of a master. Elected in 1695 to serve as dean of the Guild, he preferred to pay the fixed contribution of 360 guilders to be exempted from this charge. He may possibly be identified with the Jacobus Peeters constschilder (painter) who makes together with his wife Barbara Christina Witten a will on 7 June 1699, while living on Kipdorp near the St. James Church. If that is the case, the couple had at least one son Henricus Josephus who was an Augustine monk in Antwerp. His pupils included Jan-Baptist van Isschot, Jan Baptist van der Straeten, Jan Carel Vierpeyl, Rombaut Bacx and Nicolaas Gillis.
The date and place of his death are not known. The artist is usually described as being active from circa 1673 to circa 1721 in Antwerp. A pair of paintings depicting the interiors of the Jesuit Church in Antwerp and signed and dated 1721 are evidence that the artist was still alive in that year. If he is the Jacobus Peeter who was the widower of Barbara Christina Witten, he made his will as a widower on 20 November 1753, when he must have been already 92 or 93 years of age.
As was common practice in Antwerp artistic practice of that period, Peeters collaborated with other artists.
Code : A267
Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher: Jacques Peeters
Date : Publication Place / Date - Antwerp 1692 Approx
Size : Sheet size: 25 X 18cm (including margins) Image 14 X 16cm
Availability : Available
Type - Genuine Antique
Grading - A-
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