Pieter Holsteyn I

Pieter Holsteyn (1585–1662) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, engraver and stained glass worker.

Holstein" was a good glasspainter who painted the damiaatjes in the Haarlem City Hall council chamber ("vroedschapskamer")".

[1] Unfortunately those stained glass windows have not survived, but in the 19th century four stained glass windows by Pieter Holsteyn were purchased from a church in Bloemendaal and restored, and those have been installed in the "Gravenzaal" or main hall of the city hall.

Ironically, after restoration activities in the beginning of the last century, the Bloemendaal church wished to buy the windows back, but instead they have had replicas made.

[2] Besides his work on stained glass windows and engraved portraits, he is also known for insects, birds, and other animals.