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Pieter Gaal

Dutch, 1769–1819

WA-00049138

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Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/9129
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Why this artist matters now

Pieter Gaal was a Dutch painter, the son of Thomas Gaal. Gaal came from a family of painters from the Zeeland area of the Netherlands, his earliest ancestor was a knight called Florens Ghale van Hoesbroec, though his father was born in what is now Belgium. His son Jacobus Cornelis Gaal was also a painter, painting portraits such as "Junges Madchen in Weissen Kleid Beim Einkleid" a portrait of a young woman being dressed by a maidservant. Gaal's main focus were "landscapes with cattle and figures furnished, a hobby portraits, living and dead game and genre pieces". He spent time in London (1789–1791), studied in Paris, and traveled to paint in Italy, Switzerland and Germany.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 9d ago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (7)

Moses with the Tables of the Law

1803 · oil paint (paint), canvas

width: 226 cm, depth: 8 cm, height: 359 cm, width: 242.5 cm, height: 378.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Zelfportret van Pieter Gaal

1802 · chalk, paper

width: 113 cm, height: 160 cm

Rijksmuseum

Justice

1802 · oil paint (paint), canvas

height: 282 cm, height: 308.5 cm, depth: 8.6 cm, width: 303 cm, height: 287 cm, width: 315.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portret van Johan Pieter Bourjé

1800 · chalk, paper

width: 90 cm, height: 120 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portret van Thomas Gaal

1799 · paper, chalk

width: 114 cm, height: 159 cm

Rijksmuseum

Liggende koe, naar links

1779 · brush on paper, chalk

height: 55 cm, width: 86 cm

Rijksmuseum

Liggende koe, naar rechts

1779 · brush on paper, chalk

width: 78 cm, height: 50 cm

Rijksmuseum

Artwork sources (2)

7 published of 12 catalogued · 11 with image

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7 entries · 1 sources

Portret van Johan Pieter Bourjé
1800 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Liggende koe, naar rechts
1779 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Liggende koe, naar links
1779 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Portret van Thomas Gaal
1799 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Zelfportret van Pieter Gaal
1802 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Justice
1802 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Moses with the Tables of the Law
1803 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Portret van Johan Pieter Bourjé (1800 - 1819)

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Art Institute of Chicago

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