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 van Mierevelt
Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, often abbreviated as Michiel Jansz. and the surname also spelled Miereveld or Miereveldt, (; 1 May 1566 – 27 June 1641) was a Dutch painter and draftsman of the Dutch Golden Age.
Biography
Van Mierevelt was ...
to learn to paint portraits. Houbraken preferred his (he means Hendrick's) church interiors in the style of
Emanuel de Witte
Emanuel de Witte (1617–1692) was a Dutch perspective painter. In contrast to Pieter Jansz Saenredam, who emphasized architectural accuracy, De Witte was more concerned with the atmosphere of his interiors. Though few in number, de Witte als ...
.
Willem van der Vliet biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, second ...
References
External links
Vermeer and The Delft School
a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Willem van der Vliet
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1580s births
1642 deaths
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters
Artists from Delft