Pieter Meert

Pieter Meert (name variations: Petrus Meert, Peeter Meert, Peeter Meerte, Pieter Meerte, Peeter Merten, Petrus Meerte) (c. 1620 – 1669) was a Flemish Baroque painter known for his portraits and genre paintings.

[1] He was born in Brussels.

The early Flemish biographer Cornelis De Bie reports in his Het Gulden Cabinet published in 1662 that Meert was well known as a portrait painter, who imitated the style of Anthony van Dyck.

[2] According to the Dutch biographer Arnold Houbraken he was a good portrait painter whose works hung in various guild halls in Brussels.

[3] Peter Capuyns was his pupil.