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[[File:Allegorie op de geschiedenis van Groot-Brittannië met het portret van Isaac de Larrey Titelpagina voor Isaac de Larrey, Histoire d'Angleterre, 1713, RP-P-1950-845-184.jpg|thumb|200px|''Allegory of the History of Britain with the Portrait of Isaac de Larrey'']]


'''Gilliam van der Gouwen''', first name also '''Guilliam''' and '''Willem''' (ca. 1657, [[Antwerp]] - buried on 15 March 1716, [[Amsterdam]])<ref name=Ecartico>[http://www.vondel.humanities.uva.nl/ecartico/persons/3309 Gilliam van der Gouwen] at Ecartico</ref> was a Flemish [[engraver]] who spent most of his active career in the [[Dutch Republic]]. He is known for his reproductive engravings and various title pages, maps and book illustrations for the Amsterdam publishers.<ref name=rkd>[https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/124717 Gilliam van der Gouwen] at the [[Netherlands Institute for Art History]]</ref>
'''Gilliam van der Gouwen''' (ca. 1640, [[Antwerp]]? - in or after 1720)<ref name=RKD>Gilliam van der Gouwen in the [[RKD]]</ref> was a Dutch [[engraver]].


==Life==
He was the pupil of [[Gerard de Lairesse]], [[Pieter van Lisebetten]], and Pieter Rodingh.<ref name=RKD/> He became the teacher of [[Jan Wandelaar]].<ref name=RKD/> He is known for portraits and religious scenes and worked with [[Pieter van Gunst]] and Estienne Roger.<ref name=RKD/>
He was born in Antwerp around 1657.<ref name=Ecartico/> In the guild year 1669-1670, he was registered at the Antwerp [[Guild of Saint Luke]] studying engraving as a pupil of [[Pieter van Lisebetten]].<ref name=liggeren>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sTgkIV9Rx8YC Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius (ed.), ''De Liggeren en andere Historische Archieven der Antwerpsche Sint Lucasgilde, onder Zinkspreuk: "Wy Jonsten Versaemt"] afgeschreven en bemerkt door Ph. Rombouts en Th. Van Lerius, Advokaet, onder de bescherming van den raed van bestuer der koninklyke Akademie van beeldende Kunsten, van gezegde Stad'', Volume 2, Antwerp, 1872, pp. 394, 397 {{in lang|nl}}</ref> There is no record of van der Gouwen registering as a master in the Antwerp Guild. He left Antwerp and is recorded in Amsterdam where in June 1680 he started taking drawing classes with the German painter Pieter Rodingh. During the period of 14 months that the took the classes, Rodingh also helped him out with two of his engravings. Later a dispute arose between van der Gouwen and Rodingh over payment for the classes as well as for s portrait of van der Gouwen and his wife painted by Rodingh. The matter was amicably settled.<ref name=oud>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/42717275 Bredius, A., 'Archiefsprokkelingen: Lotgevallen van den schilder Pieter Rodingh tijdens zijn verblijf te Amsterdam.'], Oud-Holland 54 (1937), p. 37 {{in lang|nl}}</ref>
[[File:Gezeten putto die bellen blaast., RP-P-1909-1646.jpg|left|thumb|210px|''Putto blowing bubbles, allegory of Vanitas'']]

He is also said to have studied with [[Gerard de Lairesse]]. He collaborated with de Lairesse on publications such as de Lairesse's ''Het groot schilderboeck'' ("Great Book of Painting"), published in 1710 for which he made the title page and various illustrations. He worked along Estienne Roger as an assistant in the workshop of the engraver and publisher [[Pieter van Gunst]]. There he cut many title pages for musical publications together with Roger.<ref name=rkd/> An example is the [[:File:Gilliam van der Gouwen - Title page of Corelli's Concerti Grossi.jpg|''Title page of Angello Corelli's Concerti Grossi'']] published by Roger in Amsterdam in 1714. The print represents ''St. Cecilia Playing a Lute'' and was made after a design by the Italian painter [[Francesco Trevisani]].<ref>[https://doi.org/10.2307/939219 Rasch, Rudolf. “Corelli's Contract: Notes on the Publication History of the ‘Concerti Grossi... Opera Sesta’ [1714].” Tijdschrift Van De Koninklijke Vereniging Voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, vol. 46, no. 2, 1996, pp. 83–136</ref>
[[File:Gilliam van der Gouwen - Title page of Corelli's Concerti Grossi.jpg|thumb|''Title page of Corelli's Concerti Grossi'']]

He further engraved many of [[Philip Tideman]]'s designs for title pages and book illustrations. He was the teacher of [[Jan Wandelaar]].<ref name=rkd/> He worked on a series of biblical prints after designs of [[Gerard Hoet]], [[Arnold Houbraken]] and [[Bernard Picart]]. These were used in various publications including the '' Figures de la Bible'' published in 1720 and the '' Taferelen der voornaamste geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament'' published in the Hague by [[Pieter de Hondt]]. The latter publication was a picture bible comprising 214 large engravings of which van der Gouwen had engraved 41.<ref name=bible>[https://www.academia.edu/30514137/De_ontstaansgeschiedenis_van_de_prentenbijbel_van_Hoet_Houbraken_en_Picart_in_Kunst_op_papier_in_de_achttiende_eeuw_Art_on_Paper_in_the_Eighteenth_Century_Liber_Amicorum_aangeboden_aan_Charles_Dumas_ter_gelegenheid_van_zijn_65ste_verjaardag_ed_Edwin_Buijsen_et_al_The_Hague_2014_pp_48_61 P. van der Coelen, ''De ontstaansgeschiedenis van de prentenbijbel van Hoet, Houbraken en Picart''], in: E. Buijsen e.a. (red.), Kunst op papier in de achttiende eeuw/Art on Paper in the Eighteenth Century. Liber Amicorum aangeboden aan Charles Dumas ter gelegenheid van zijn 65ste verjaardag, Zoetermeer 2014, p. 48-61; p. 51 {{in lang|nl}}</ref>

He married twice. He married Maria Willems in Amsterdam on 8 September 1679. Their daughter Lysbet was born in 1688. His first wife died and was buried in Amsterdsm on 29 July 1700. Her married Anna Gerrits in Amsterdam on 19 October 1703.<ref name=Ecartico/>

He was buried in Amsterdam on 15 March 1716.<ref name=Ecartico/>
==Work==
He is known for portraits, allegorical scenes and biblical illustrations.<ref name=rkd/>

He contributed many illustrations to [[Hugo de Groot]]'s ''Nederlandtsche jaerboeken en historien'', published in Amsterdam in 1681. An example is the ''Beached whale near Berckhey''. The print was made after an engraving made by [[Jacob Matham]] after a design by [[Hendrick Goltzius]].<ref>[https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-OB-80.360 ''Gestrande walvis bij Berckhey'', 1598, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1730] at the Rijksmuseum {{in lang|nl}}</ref>


He also engraved ''A beached whale between [[Scheveningen]] and [[Katwijk]]'' for [[Pieter Bor]]'s 1684 historical publication ''Oorspronk, Begin, en Verfolgh der Nederlandsche Oorlogen. Vol. 4'', which was a popular historical illustration at the time based on a drawing by [[Hendrik Goltzius]] that had been engraved by [[Jacob Matham]].<ref>[http://www.artnet.com/artists/willem-van-gouwen/a-beached-whale-between-scheveningen-and-katwijk-TPMKOSIipY6f5T7VamNgcQ2 artnet.com ]</ref><ref>[http://www.relewis.com/Website%20Sold%20Prints/gouwenwhale.html relewis.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.museen-sh.de/ml/digi_einzBild.php?s=3&t=1&sparte=museen&inst=&vert=12&b=27131&pid=m7KPv7K3ud0eGAyErt13f120422&v_zeitraum=101&mab_id=&action=vonsuche&page=18&V=&pi=141_2005-233 museen-sh.de]</ref>
<gallery>
File:Beached Whale - Jacob Matham 1602.png|Original engraving showing a 21.3 m (70 ft) long whale, which was stranded 3 February 1598 on the Dutch coast between Scheveningen and Katwijk by [[Jacob Matham]], after [[Hendrik Goltzius]]
File:Im Februar 1598 an der holländischen Küste gestrandeter Walfisch.jpg|Mirror image illustration for Bor's work by Van Gouwen
File:Marquez--agustin spinola.png|Cardinal [[Agustín de Spínola Basadone]]
File:Bona Sforza (Reginarum Poloniae a rege Jagellone effigies 1684).jpg|[[Bona Sforza]], Queen of Poland
</gallery>
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Revision as of 08:27, 20 June 2021

Allegory of the History of Britain with the Portrait of Isaac de Larrey

Gilliam van der Gouwen, first name also Guilliam and Willem (ca. 1657, Antwerp - buried on 15 March 1716, Amsterdam)[1] was a Flemish engraver who spent most of his active career in the Dutch Republic. He is known for his reproductive engravings and various title pages, maps and book illustrations for the Amsterdam publishers.[2]

Life

He was born in Antwerp around 1657.[1] In the guild year 1669-1670, he was registered at the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke studying engraving as a pupil of Pieter van Lisebetten.[3] There is no record of van der Gouwen registering as a master in the Antwerp Guild. He left Antwerp and is recorded in Amsterdam where in June 1680 he started taking drawing classes with the German painter Pieter Rodingh. During the period of 14 months that the took the classes, Rodingh also helped him out with two of his engravings. Later a dispute arose between van der Gouwen and Rodingh over payment for the classes as well as for s portrait of van der Gouwen and his wife painted by Rodingh. The matter was amicably settled.[4]

Putto blowing bubbles, allegory of Vanitas

He is also said to have studied with Gerard de Lairesse. He collaborated with de Lairesse on publications such as de Lairesse's Het groot schilderboeck ("Great Book of Painting"), published in 1710 for which he made the title page and various illustrations. He worked along Estienne Roger as an assistant in the workshop of the engraver and publisher Pieter van Gunst. There he cut many title pages for musical publications together with Roger.[2] An example is the Title page of Angello Corelli's Concerti Grossi published by Roger in Amsterdam in 1714. The print represents St. Cecilia Playing a Lute and was made after a design by the Italian painter Francesco Trevisani.[5]

Title page of Corelli's Concerti Grossi

He further engraved many of Philip Tideman's designs for title pages and book illustrations. He was the teacher of Jan Wandelaar.[2] He worked on a series of biblical prints after designs of Gerard Hoet, Arnold Houbraken and Bernard Picart. These were used in various publications including the Figures de la Bible published in 1720 and the Taferelen der voornaamste geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament published in the Hague by Pieter de Hondt. The latter publication was a picture bible comprising 214 large engravings of which van der Gouwen had engraved 41.[6]

He married twice. He married Maria Willems in Amsterdam on 8 September 1679. Their daughter Lysbet was born in 1688. His first wife died and was buried in Amsterdsm on 29 July 1700. Her married Anna Gerrits in Amsterdam on 19 October 1703.[1]

He was buried in Amsterdam on 15 March 1716.[1]

Work

He is known for portraits, allegorical scenes and biblical illustrations.[2]

He contributed many illustrations to Hugo de Groot's Nederlandtsche jaerboeken en historien, published in Amsterdam in 1681. An example is the Beached whale near Berckhey. The print was made after an engraving made by Jacob Matham after a design by Hendrick Goltzius.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Gilliam van der Gouwen at Ecartico
  2. ^ a b c d Gilliam van der Gouwen at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  3. ^ Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius (ed.), De Liggeren en andere Historische Archieven der Antwerpsche Sint Lucasgilde, onder Zinkspreuk: "Wy Jonsten Versaemt" afgeschreven en bemerkt door Ph. Rombouts en Th. Van Lerius, Advokaet, onder de bescherming van den raed van bestuer der koninklyke Akademie van beeldende Kunsten, van gezegde Stad, Volume 2, Antwerp, 1872, pp. 394, 397 (in Dutch)
  4. ^ Bredius, A., 'Archiefsprokkelingen: Lotgevallen van den schilder Pieter Rodingh tijdens zijn verblijf te Amsterdam.', Oud-Holland 54 (1937), p. 37 (in Dutch)
  5. ^ Rasch, Rudolf. “Corelli's Contract: Notes on the Publication History of the ‘Concerti Grossi... Opera Sesta’ [1714.” Tijdschrift Van De Koninklijke Vereniging Voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, vol. 46, no. 2, 1996, pp. 83–136
  6. ^ P. van der Coelen, De ontstaansgeschiedenis van de prentenbijbel van Hoet, Houbraken en Picart, in: E. Buijsen e.a. (red.), Kunst op papier in de achttiende eeuw/Art on Paper in the Eighteenth Century. Liber Amicorum aangeboden aan Charles Dumas ter gelegenheid van zijn 65ste verjaardag, Zoetermeer 2014, p. 48-61; p. 51 (in Dutch)
  7. ^ Gestrande walvis bij Berckhey, 1598, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1730 at the Rijksmuseum (in Dutch)
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