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Willem Hendrik Wilhelmus van Royen (1672 – 1742) was a 
Royen was born in
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 from the Northern Netherlands.
Royen was born in Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
, where it is unknown from whom he learned to paint, but based on stylistic analysis he has been determined to be a follower of Melchior d'Hondecoeter.Willem Hendrik Wilhelmus van Royen in the RKD His works have been confused in the past with those of Willem Frederiksz van Royen
Willem Frederiksz van Royen ( 1645 – 1723) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to the RKD, he was likely born in Haarlem and became a pupil of Arnold van Ravesteyn either there or in The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den ...
, a Dutch Golden Age painter active in Berlin
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Royen died in Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
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1672 births 1742 deaths Painters from Amsterdam Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters {{Netherlands-painter-stub