Willem Romeyn (ca.1624,

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– after 1693), was a

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landscape

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Biography

According to the RKD, Romeyn was a pupil of

Nicolaes Berchem Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1 October 1620 – 18 February 1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre ...

in Haarlem in 1642.Willem Romeyn
in the

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His first dated works are from 1645, and his last dated work is from 1694. From 1646 onwards, he became a member of the

Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for various trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius. History During the lifetime of Geertgen tot Sint Jans, there was probably a ...

. In 1650-1651, he travelled to Rome. He returned to Haarlem and the guild there, where he was "vinder" in 1659 along with Frans de Hulst (deacon was

Thomas Wijck Thomas Wijck (also Thomas Wijk, or Thomas Wyck; 1616–1677) was a Dutch painter of port views and genre paintings. Biography Wijck was born into an artist family and received his training from his father. He journeyed to Italy, presumably by 16 ...

). In 1661, he was the "oud-vinder", while Frans de Hulst was deacon and Jacob de Wet was vinder. He was nominated with Jacob de Wet again for "vinder" in 1670 (they lost to

Jan de Bray Jan de Bray (c. 1627 – April 4, 1697) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem until the age of 60, when he went bankrupt and moved to Amsterdam. Jan de Bray was influenced by his father Salomon de Bray, and the por ...

and Gerrit Pietersen Berchem).De archiefbescheiden van het St. Lukasgilde te Haarlem 1497-1798,

Hessel Miedema Hessel Miedema (21 January 1929, Sneek – 14 April 2019) was a leading Dutch art historian and the world authority on Karel van Mander. Biography He was born in Sneek, but grew up in Amsterdam, where he studied art history at the University of A ...

, 1980, , p1180 His landscapes often show grazing animals – particularly cattle and sheep, which have been confused in the past with the works of Berchem, Hendrik Mommers, Adriaen van der Kabel,

Willem Buytewech Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591/92 – September 23, 1624) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is one of the early specialists in the merry company type of subject in Dutch genre painting. His contemporaries named hi ...

, and

Dirck Helmbreeker Dirck Helmbreker, Theodor Helmbreeker, or Teodoro Elembrech (1633–1696) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of Italianate landscapes. Biography According to Houbraken he lived from 1624 to 1694, but this has since been proven to be incorrect.