Bonaventura Peeters
(1614–1652) Flemish painter (1614-1652)
Bonaventura Peeters (1614–1652) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Bonaventura Peeters belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Bonaventura Peeters was born in Antwerp and died in Antwerp. Bonaventura Peeters worked in Antwerp. Wikidata associates Bonaventura Peeters with Flemish Baroque painting. The students included Catharina Peeters and Jan Peeters the Elder.
The best-known works include ‘Ships near a pier’ and ‘Polar bear hunt on the coast of Norway?’. The works belong mainly to the genres marine art and cityscape. The catalogue has 78 works by Bonaventura Peeters with free images. The dated works span the years 1624–1700. Works by Bonaventura Peeters are held by several collections, among them Royal Museums Greenwich, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, National Maritime Museum, and Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, Zacharias Wagner, Jan Mijtens, Pieter Holsteyn, and Bertholet Flemalle.