Pieter Gerritsz. Van Roestraeten (1630 - 1700)

Pieter Gerritsz. Van Roestraeten

Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraeten was a Dutch painter who spent most of his life in Great Britain.

He lived in Amsterdam, and in 1666 moved to London, where he remained for the rest of his life, enjoying the highest patronage.

Roestraeten painted mainly still lifes with luxury goods, as well as still lifes in the vanitas style. He created at least four self-portraits, and often painted his own reflections on polished silver objects in still lifes. The artist also depicted genre scenes from the everyday life of the common people.