PIETERSZ. (AERTSEN), Netherlandish family of painters

Pieter Aertsen was a pioneer of still-life and genre painting. His sons Pieter Pietersz. and Aert Pietersz. were painters of portraits and genre pictures. He was nephew and teacher to Joachim Beuckelaer. He was also the great-grandparent of Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort.