Gallery de Potter d'Indoye - Highlight Pieter Boel
21/01/2026
Gallery de Potter d’Indoye is delighted to present, among its highlights, one of the largest known paintings by Pieter Boel (Antwerp 1622 – Paris 1674) and unkonwn to the art market. A painter to King Louis XIV, Boel revolutionized animal painting by drawing animals from life, observing them in their natural environment.
One of the artist’s largest known paintings, Pieter Boel - also known as Peeter Boel, a name later Gallicized as Pierre Boel or Boule - was born on October 22, 1622, in Antwerp, and died on September 3, 1674, in Paris. He was a Flemish painter and engraver specializing in animals, still lifes, flowers, and fruit, and was associated with Flemish Baroque painting.
Boel settled in Paris, where he worked at the Gobelins Manufactory and became a painter to King Louis XIV. He revolutionized animal painting by drawing directly from live animals observed in their natural environment, achieving remarkably natural and characteristic poses. His innovative approach inspired many followers in France.
Pieter Boel (Antwerp 1622-Paris 1674)
The Creation of the World
Oil on canvas
H 175 x W 244 cm
Signed lower left under the turkey's feet.
Provenance: Held in the same aristocratic family for over 250 years, this painting has remained unknown to the art market.
BRAFA 2026 - Gallery de Potter d'Indoye - Highlight Pieter Boel One of the artist’s largest known paintings, Pieter Boel - also known as Peeter Boel, a name later Gallicized as Pierre Boel or Boule - was born on October 22, 1622, in Antwerp, and died on September 3, 1674, in Paris. He was a Flemish painter and engraver specializing in animals, still lifes, flowers, and fruit, and was associated with Flemish Baroque painting.
Boel settled in Paris, where he worked at the Gobelins Manufactory and became a painter to King Louis XIV. He revolutionized animal painting by drawing directly from live animals observed in their natural environment, achieving remarkably natural and characteristic poses. His innovative approach inspired many followers in France.
Pieter Boel (Antwerp 1622-Paris 1674)
The Creation of the World
Oil on canvas
H 175 x W 244 cm
Signed lower left under the turkey's feet.
Provenance: Held in the same aristocratic family for over 250 years, this painting has remained unknown to the art market.
