Biography

According to Houbraken, who copied his comments from Cornelis de Bie

Cornelis de Bie

Cornelis de Bie was a Brabant rederijker, poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier.He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies...

, Pieter Van de Plas was a Dutch painter whose works survived the Beeldenstorm

Beeldenstorm

Beeldenstorm in Dutch, roughly translatable to "statue storm", or Bildersturm in German , also the Iconoclastic Fury, is a term used for outbreaks of destruction of religious images that occurred in Europe in the 16th century...

 because of his extraordinary talent.

According to the RKD, his works are often confused with a painter P V Plas from Alkmaar

Alkmaar

Alkmaar is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination.-History:...

. His works are signed with the monogram "PVP". Though his birth and death dates are uncertain, he was born no earlier than 1585, according to the RKD, which makes De Bie's comment in reference to the Beeldenstaorm of 1568 very confusing. Perhaps he had a father of the same name who was a painter of religious scenes for churches and cloisters.