A Chronicler in Coats of Arms: The Life and Art of Pieter Coustens Pieter Coustens, a name perhaps unfamiliar to many outside the circles of heraldry and historical portraiture, was nonetheless a significant figure in 17th-century art. Born in Antwerp – a city already steeped in artistic tradition by his time – around 1590, Coustens dedicated his career not to grand mythological scenes or sweeping landscapes, but to the meticulous ren…