Albert van Spiers

According to Houbraken he travelled to Italy and joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname "Piramied".

[4] According to Jan van Gool, he was a pupil of Gerard de Lairesse in Amsterdam.

[6] After his apprenticeship he travelled to Rome and Venice before returning to Amsterdam to set up his own workshop in 1697, specializing in ceiling, over-the-door and over-the-mantelpiece decorations for the large patrician canal houses on the Herengracht and Keizersgracht.

[5] According to the RKD he worked in Rome, Venice, and the Hague, and became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in 1699.

[7] His pupil was Jacob de Wit, who continued to make similar interior decorations.

A floral frontispiece with a portrait medallion of Agnes Block
Ceiling decoration in Herengracht 497, restored in 2003 and presumed to be by the workshop of De Lairesse or Spiers. [ 2 ]