Willem Eversdijck (c.1620-1671) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

painter. He was the son of Cornelis Eversdijck and flourished at Goes about the year 1660. He is known for portraits and several of these were engraved by

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. In 1633 he was a pupil of

Cornelis de Vos Cornelis de Vos (1584 – 9 May 1651) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and art dealer. He was one of the leading portrait painters in Antwerp and is best known for his sensitive portraits, in particular of children and families. He was a ...

in Antwerp.Willem Eversdijck in the RKD In 1652 he became a member of the Middelburg

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, where he later died. A picture of Officers and Members of the Company of Archers, called " Edele Voetboog," at Goes, by him, is in the Rotterdam Museum. File:Allegorie op visserij.jpg, ''Allegory of fishing'', 1667–1671, by Willem Eversdijck, now in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam File:W. Eversdijck Cornelis Fransz. Eversdijck 1660-1666.jpg, ''Cornelis Fransz. Eversdijck'', Mathematician and treasurer of Zeeland, ca. 1660, by Willem Eversdijck, now in the Rijksmuseum Cornelis Willemsz Eversdijck, his father, was also a portrait painter of Goes, who died there in 1649. In the Rotterdam Museum are three pictures by him, representing Officers and Members of the Company of Archers, called "Edele Voetboog," at Goes; two of which are dated 1616 and 1624.

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Year of birth unknown 1671 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch portrait painters People from Goes Year of birth uncertain {{Netherlands-painter-stub