Pieter Mulier the Elder

Pieter Mulier I (ca.1610, Haarlem – 1659, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Sailing ships in a Breeze

A Dutch Ship in a Breeze off a Rocky Coast

Biography

According to the RKD, he married in 1635 and became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1638. He was known for Italianate landscapes and seascapes in the manner of Simon de Vlieger and Jan van Goyen. He was the teacher of his son Pieter Mulier II and Frans de Hulst.

References

• Pieter Mulier on Artnet