Artist

Willem van Diest

Dutch, 1610–1670

Willem van Diest was a Dutch Dutch Golden Age painter. 6 works are cataloged here, principally at Kunsthistorisches Museum, most of them oil paintings. Willem van Diest was born in The Hague.

Willem Hermansz. van Diest (c. 1600 in The Hague – c. 1678 in 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.

Works by Willem van Diest

Collections represented

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