About Willem van Diest
Lived 1610 – 1670 (aged 59–60). Willem van Diest was a Dutch painter.
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.
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Dutch painter (1610–1670)
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Willem van Diest was born in 1610 in The Hague.
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Willem van Diest died in 1670 in The Hague.
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Willem van Diest was a painter.
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Willem van Diest was Dutch.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Willem van Diest. https://biography.guide/willem-van-diest/
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