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Peter Angelis was born at Dunkirk in 1685. After learning the rudiments of design in his native town, he visited Flanders and Germany, and resided some time at Antwerp, where he was made a master of the Guild of St. Luke, in 1715-16; and at Dusseldorp, where he had an opportunity of improving himself, by studying the paintings in the Electoral Gallery. He painted conversation-pieces, and landscapes with small figures, into which he was fond of introducing fruit and fish. He came to England about the year 1719, where he met with great encouragement, and resided here sixteen years, remaining till 1727, when he set out for Italy, and passed three years at Rome, where his pictures were admired. But being of a reserved disposition, and without ostentation, he exhibited his works with reluctance, his studious and sober temper inclining him more to the pursuit of his art than to the advancement of his fortune. On his return from Italy, he stayed at Rennes, in Bretagne, and met with so much employment, that he settled in that city, where he died in 1734. His style was a mixture of those of Teniers and Watteau, with more grace than the former, and more nature than the latter. His pencil is easy, bright, and flowing, but his colouring is occasionally faint and nerveless.