Bonaventura Peeters the younger
Flemish, 1648 – 1702
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Bonaventura Peeters the Younger was a Flemish painter, drawing artist and sailor known for his marine and landscape paintings. He was a member of the Peeters family of artists which was active in Antwerp in the 17th century.
Peeters was born in Antwerp as the son of Gillis Peeters and Elisabeth de Smidt. Peeters was a scion of a family of painters specialised mainly in marine and landscape art. Peeters father and his uncle Bonaventura Peeters the Elder were marine painters and his brothers Willem (Gilliam) and Gillis the Younger were also marine artists.
There is a record of a Bonaventure Peeters registering as a pupil of the genre painter Hendrick Govaerts at the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in the Guild year 1700–1701. It is not clear whether this was Bonaventura the Younger as he was already 52 years old then. Peeters most likely trained in the family workshop.
A notarial act dated 8 October 1681 references a voyage by Bonaventura on the Dutch ship 'De Leeuw', which was part of the fleet sailing to Messina. Peeters died in Antwerp where interred on 2 September 1702.
