Dutch painter Jan Davidszoon de Heem

Portrait of William III of England, aged 10, in a flower garland decorated with symbols of the House of Orange. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon. Dutch painter Jan Davidszoon de Heem
Dutch painter Jan Davidszoon de Heem
Representative of Dutch and Flemish Baroque painting, Jan Davidszoon de Heem (b. 1606, Utrecht, d. 1684, Antwerpen) studied first under his father David de Heem the Elder (1570–1631). Also, under Balthasar van der Ast. Considered one of the greatest painters of his time, he was well paid and a portrait of Prince William III surrounded by a cartouche of flowers and fruit was sold for 2000 guilders. Noteworthy, it was one of the highest prices ever paid for a painting during the Dutch Golden Age.
His sons worked together with him in his workshop on the commissions for new paintings. He retouched their work and put his signature on the paintings.
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