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Willem Buytewech

Dutch Republic, 1591–1624

WA-00046570

Rotterdam

PaintingBaroque

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None documented

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ767225

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Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/33823
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About

Why this artist matters now

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech 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 him “Gheestige Willem”.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 17d ago

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Movement

Baroque

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (13)

The Charcoal-Burner

1621 · etching

plate: 8.9 x 12.5 cm (3 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.) sheet: 9.8 x 13.3 cm (3 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Ruins of a Church (Chapel of Eykenduynen near The Hague)

1621 · etching

plate: 8.8 x 12.6 cm (3 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.) sheet: 9.3 x 13.3 cm (3 11/16 x 5 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The House with the Stepped Gable

1621 · etching

plate: 8.9 x 12.6 cm (3 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.) sheet: 9.8 x 13.6 cm (3 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Road at the Edge of the Forest

1621 · etching

plate: 8.6 x 12.7 cm (3 3/8 x 5 in.) sheet: 9.6 x 13.5 cm (3 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Sower

1621 · etching

plate: 8.7 x 12.5 cm (3 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.) overall: 9.6 x 13.3 cm (3 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Title Plate

1621 · etching

plate: 8.5 x 12 cm (3 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 9.3 x 12.8 cm (3 11/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Ruins (Huys te Kleef near Haarlem)

1621 · etching

plate: 8.8 x 12.3 cm (3 7/16 x 4 13/16 in.) sheet: 9.6 x 13.3 cm (3 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Ruined Tower Right of Center

1621 · etching

plate: 8.8 x 12.7 cm (3 7/16 x 5 in.) sheet: 9.7 x 13.7 cm (3 13/16 x 5 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Plank Hedges

1621 · etching

plate: 8.7 x 12.6 cm (3 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.) overall: 9.6 x 13.4 cm (3 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Herd of Sheep Near the Water

1621 · etching

plate: 8.6 x 12.8 cm (3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 9.4 x 13.6 cm (3 11/16 x 5 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Woodland Pond with a Fisherman

1617 · pen

overall (approximate): 28.5 x 37.3 cm (11 1/4 x 14 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Meadow with a Shepherd and Cows

1617 · pen

overall: 28.1 x 37.9 cm (11 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Standing Cavalier Wearing a Sword

1615 · pen

overall (approximate): 20 x 9.9 cm (7 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

13 published of 25 catalogued · 25 with image

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+ 2 more sources · 12 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

36 entries · 1 sources

Standing Cavalier Wearing a Sword
1615 · Nga · 5 prov
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Meadow with a Shepherd and Cows
1617 · Nga · 5 prov
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Woodland Pond with a Fisherman
1617 · Nga · 5 prov
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The Charcoal-Burner
1621 · Nga · 3 prov
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The House with the Stepped Gable
1621 · Nga · 3 prov
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Road at the Edge of the Forest
1621 · Nga · 3 prov
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Ruined Tower Right of Center
1621 · Nga · 3 prov
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Two Plank Hedges
1621 · Nga · 3 prov
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Title Plate
1621 · Nga · 3 prov
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Two Ruins (Huys te Kleef near Haarlem)
1621 · Nga · 3 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Baroque

Collections2

Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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