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Willem Buytewech

Dutch Republic, 1591–1624

WA-00046570

Rotterdam

PaintingBaroque

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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 8d ago

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Baroque

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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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 · black chalk with pen and brown ink on laid paper

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 · black and red chalk, and pen and brush with brown ink

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 and brown ink with brown wash over traces of black chalk and graphite

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

National Gallery of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Baroque

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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