Career
He was an important representative of the Italianizing movement in Flemish landscape painting. He worked for prominent patrons including the kings of France and Spain. Very little is known about the life and training of Pieter Spierincks.
He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1655.
He was active in Antwerp in the period 1655-1660. Later he was in Italy, Lyon and Paris.
In Paris he worked for the French king Louis XIV of France for whom he painted landscapes. He was back in Antwerp in 1666.
He likely died in Antwerp although it is possible that he died during a trip to England.