Name Willem Diest Children Jeronymus van Diest | Grandchildren Adriaen van Diest | |
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Died 1668, The Hague, Netherlands | ||
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.
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