Willem Romeyn

1624-1694 Dutch

Niederländische pastorale Landschaften

Willem Romeyn war ein niederländischer Landschaftsmaler des Goldenen Zeitalters. According to the RKD Romeyn was a pupil of Nicolaes Berchem in Haarlem in 1642. His first dated works are from 1645, and his last dated work is from 1694. From 1646 he became a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke. In 1650-1651 he travelled to Rome. He returned to Haarlem and the guild there, of which he was "vinder" in 1659 along with Frans de Hulst (deacon was Thomas Wijck) and in 1661 he was "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 and Gerrit Pietersen Berchem). Seine Landschaften zeigen oft weidende Tiere, insbesondere Rinder und Schafe, die in der Vergangenheit mit Werken von Berchem, Hendrik Mommers, Adriaen van der Kabel, Willem Buytewech und Dirck Helmbreeker verwechselt wurden. Wilhelm von Kobell war sein Nachfolger.

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