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Peter Tillemans

c.1684–1734

The Duke of Kent’s Family
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Biography

Peter Tillemans (c. 1684 – 5 December 1734) was a Flemish painter, best known for his works on sporting and topographical subjects. Alongside John Wootton and James Seymour, Tillemans was one of the founders of the English school of sporting painting.

Tillemans died in England in 1734, having resided there since 1708.

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Netherlands-trained, working in Britain

Artworks

  • Foxhunting in Wooded Country

    Peter Tillemans
    c.1720–30
  • The Duke of Kent’s Family

    Peter Tillemans
    date not known
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  • Ideal Landscape. Verso: Landscape Composition with Travellers, Gibbets and Wheels in the Distance

    Peter Tillemans
    1728
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