The Verdant Visions of Gillis Peeters In the golden age of Flemish Baroque, few artists captured the intersection of terrestrial beauty and maritime exploration as poignantly as Gillis Peeters. Born in the vibrant artistic hub of Antwerp in 1612, Peeters was a product of a lineage deeply embedded in the craft of painting. He emerged from a family of remarkable talent, including his siblings Catharina, Jan, and Bonaventura, whose colle…