Peter Binoit


Peter Binoit was a still life painter active during early Baroque at the beginning of the 17th century, who worked in Frankfurt am Main and Cologne.

Life

Peter Binoit was a German painter of the beginning of the 17th century, who mainly created Still life paintings. He was active from 1613-31 working in Frankfurt am Main and according to other sources in Cologne.

Public collections

The Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt owns two flower-pieces. One bears his monogram and the date 1611, and the other painting is signed "P. BINOIT. FRANCFORT 1620".
The Swedish Nationalmuseum in Stockholm holds a painting named "Still Life with a Meal".
At least two paintings are in Skokloster Castle, Stockholm county; one is a still life with dead birds showing a "large wicker basket on a table with red cloth. The basket is filled with dead birds A bunch of skylarks hang on the wall. On the table are a red headed woodpecker and two domestic pigeons. In the upper left is a spiderweb and a spider. Signed in the lower right corner as PB. The frame bears an ink description "Painted by Frankfurter Master Peter Benoit 1613-31".
The other is a still life of fruit and carnations in a vase, both from 1618.