Lot 68: Christoffel Pierson The Hague 1631-1714 Gouda

Christoffel Pierson The Hague 1631-1714 Gouda
A trompe l'oeil of Hawking Equipment, including a glove, a net, and falconry hoods, hanging on a wall
signed 'Chr. Pierson/f.' (on the leather perch, upper left)
oil on canvas
19½ x 26 in. 49.5 x 66 cm.

Christoffel Pierson was a student of Bartholomaus Meyburgh, with whom he traveled to Germany; he established himself in Gouda in 1654. Apart from a period of activity in Schiedam he remained there for the rest of his career. In 1695, Pierson, who was known as a glass-painter as well as a painter of portraits and still lifes, restored the famous windows of the church in that city.