Willem Doudijns (1630–1697), was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

painter and engraver.

Biography

According to the RKD he learned to draw from

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, and he spent 12 years in Italy. He returned home in 1661, where he collaborated with

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on engravings. Both he and Bisschop were founding members of the

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and Doudijns painted a large ceiling painting for the meeting hall that has not survived. His pupil

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made a sketch of this ''Allegory of the artists leaving the Hague Guild of St. Luke'' which is now in the

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print cabinet. According to Houbraken he was the son of a mayor, and in Rome he joined the

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with the nickname ''Diomedes''. On his return became the head of the Confrerie Pictura. He was known for his wall and ceiling paintings, most notably the '' Judgment of Solomon'' in the '' Vierschaar'', or courtroom, of the Hague city hall. His pupils were Erasmus Arondeus,

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, Gijsbert de Bije, Bartholomeus van Burgindis, Arnoldus Gouda, Nicolaes Hooft, Pieter van der Hulst, Daniël Jacobsz., Lowys Paen,

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, Pieter van Reenen,

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, Michiel van der Valck, Daniël Walewijns, Domenicus van Wijnen, and Willem Wissing.Doudijns
in RKD

References

* Jan de Bisschop and his Icones & Paradigmata, classical antiquities and Italian drawings for artistic instruction in seventeenth century Holland, by J. G. van Gelder, 1985, Davaco
Willem Doudijns
in the RKD {{DEFAULTSORT:Doudijns, Willem 1630 births 1697 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Artists from The Hague Members of the Bentvueghels Painters from The Hague