A Pioneer of Dutch Narrative: Pieter Lastman’s Enduring Legacy Pieter Pietersz Lastman, born in Amsterdam in 1583, occupies a fascinating and pivotal position within the history of Dutch Golden Age painting. For too long overshadowed by his most celebrated pupil, Rembrandt van Rijn, Lastman was not merely a teacher but a groundbreaking artist in his own right—a pioneer who revitalized historical painting in the Netherlands and laid th…