ARTIST

Willem van der Vliet

1584–1642 · Dutch Republic

Dutch Golden Age painter who spent his entire career in Delft, specializing in portraits and allegories.

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Willem van der Vliet (c. 1584 – 6 December 1642) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. == Biography == Van der Vliet was born and died in Delft. According to Houbraken his paintings are historical allegories and portraits. Records of his paintings are noted by the Delft history writer (unspecified Stads schryver). He had his nephew Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet as his pupil, who painted historical scenes in architectural perspectives, but who later went to work for Michiel Jansz v…

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A Man Smoking and Another Man Eating by Candlelight 1624 · Detroit Institute of Arts A boy counting coins 1625 · Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Possible member of the Couckebacker family 1625 · Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection Philosopher and His Pupils 1626 · Brodie Castle Saint Jerome 1626 · Art Institute of Chicago Portrait of a unknown man 1628 · Rafael Valls Limited
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