pieter fransz de grebber was a dutch golden age painter.de grebber was born in haarlem, the oldest son of frans pietersz de grebber (1573–1643), a painter and embroiderer in haarlem, and the brother of the painters maria and albert. he learned to paint from his father and from hendrick goltzius. he was descended from a catholic and artistic family and his sister maria later became the mother-in-law of gabriel metsu. he was a friend of the priest and musicologist jan albertszoon ban, and had a poem set to music by the haarlem composer cornelis padbrué. in 1632 he became a member of the haarlem…