He was the son of Cornelis Danckerts de Ry, member of a large family of printers, painters and engravers.
[2] Since Filippo Baldinucci later wrote a biographical sketch on Pietro Danckerse de Ry in his list of artists called the Notizie,[3] it is possible that Danckerts visited Italy at some time.
The story that he died in August 1661 as the result of a highway robbery in the Rūdninkai Forest near Vilnius involves an unnamed artist aged 78, while Danckerts would have been 55.
[1] In 1634 Peter painted pendant portraits of his parents, his father Cornelis the painter and his mother.
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