# Petrus Scriverius

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VELDE, Jan van de, II](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-jan-van-de-ii-r92609e461b71fd>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Engraving, 266 x 155 mm

## Commentary

This engraving was made after a &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/h/hals/frans/02-1626/20scrive.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/h/hals/frans/02-1626/20scrive.html&#34;&gt;painting by Frans Hals.&lt;/a&gt; Pieter Schrijver \(1576-1660\) is better known by his Latinized name, Petrus Scriverius. He married Anna van der Aar \(1576-1656\), daughter of a city councilman in Leiden. He spent most of his life in Leiden where he became a well-known scholar.

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- [Fisherman and a Couple in a Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-jan-van-de-ii-r92609e461b71fd/fisherman-and-a-couple-in-a-landscape-r13449578828081>)
- [Haarlem printing press](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-jan-van-de-ii-r92609e461b71fd/haarlem-printing-press-r15b964e0761832>)
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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)