Willem Van Diest

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Biography:

Willem Hermansz. van Diest (c.1600, The Hague – c.1678, The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter. He was the father of the painter Jeronymus van Diest and a follower of Jan van Goyen, Jan Porcellis and Simon de Vlieger. In 1656 he helped set up the Confrerie Pictura. Shipwreck in a Storm (1629). The Walters Art Museum. More...

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