Johannes Pieter de Frey

Dutch printmaker, painter and publisher
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroDutch printmaker, painter and publisher
PlacesNetherlands
wasPainter
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth1 February 1770, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Death1834Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France (aged 63 years)
Star signAquarius
Family
Siblings:Anna de Frey
The details

Biography

Johannes Pieter de Frey or Freij (1 February 1770 – 1834) was a Dutch printmaker, painter and publisher.

Frey was born in Amsterdam as the younger brother of the painters Maria Christina and Aletta de Frey. The painter Jacobus Johannes Lauwers lived in his house a short while and later married Maria Christina. He became the teacher of Johannes and Aletta. He became known for his engravings of works of 17th-century painters. Frey died in Paris.

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