Cesar Pietersz, or Cesar Boetius van Everdingen (1616/17 – buried 13 October 1678), older brother of

Allart van Everdingen Allaert van Everdingen (, bapt. 18 June 16218 November 1675 (buried)), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker in etching and mezzotint. Biography Van Everdingen was born at Alkmaar, the son of a government clerk. He and his older b ...

and Jan van Everdingen, was a

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and history

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Biography

Caesar van Everdingen - Bachus en Ariadne 1660

He was born in

Alkmaar Alkmaar () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland, about 30 km north of Amsterdam. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination. The ...

and educated in

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, where he learned to paint from

Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst (also ''Bronchorst'' or ''Bronkhorst''; 1603–1661) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. He is considered today to be a minor member of the Utrecht Caravaggisti. Biography According to Arnold Houbraken, van ...

.Cesar van Everdingen Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

, courtesy of the

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Cesar Boetius van Everdingen
in the

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Caesar became a member of the painter's guild in

in 1632. His first known painting dates from 1636. In 1648 he moved to

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, where he joined the

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and the civic guard (or ''

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'') there, where he met

Jacob van Campen Jacob van Campen (2 February 1596 - 13 September 1657) was a Dutch artist and architect of the Dutch Golden Age, Golden Age. Life He was born into a wealthy family at Haarlem, and spent his youth in his home town. Being of noble birth and wit ...

. From 1648 to 1650 He helped him with the decoration of the ''Oranje Zaal'' (Orange room) in

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. In 1658 he moved back to Alkmaar where he started a workshop and took on pupils. He died and was buried in the Grote- or St. Laurenskerk in Alkmaar.

Works

Many of his pictures are to be seen in the museums and private houses of the

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, with several on display at the

Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar is a city museum located in the center of Alkmaar on the Canadaplein (Canada Square). The museum is devoted to presenting and preserving the cultural history of Alkmaar and the surrounding region. History In 1873 the mus ...

. His pupils were Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, Adriaen Dekker,

Hendrik Graauw Hendrik Graauw (c.1627– 1693) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Graauw was born in Hoorn. According to Houbraken, he first learned to paint from Pieter de Grebber in Haarlem.Thomas Heeremans. Houbraken also lists two other pupils; Adriaen Warmenhuizen, and Laurens Oosthoorn. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid owns a Vertumnus and Pomona c. 1637–1640.

Gallery

File:Everdingen, Caesar van - Four Muses and Pegasus on Parnassus - c. 1650.jpg, ''Four Muses and Pegasus on Parnassus'' File:WollebrantGeleynssendeJongh.jpg, ''Wollebrand Geleynssen de Jongh'' File:Meisje met brede hoed door Caesar van Everdingen.jpg, ''Girl in a Large Hat'' File:Caesar van Everdingen - Joueuse de Cistre.jpg, ''Joueuse de cistre'', Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France File:Caesar van everdingen-vertumno y pomona-thyssen.jpg, ''Vertumnus and Pomona'',

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, Madrid.

References

External links

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* ttp://www.pubhist.com/person/1656/cesar-van-everdingen Works and literatureat PubHist {{DEFAULTSORT:Everdingen, Caesar Van 1616 births 1678 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters People from Alkmaar Painters from Alkmaar Painters from Haarlem Sibling artists