Willem van der Gouwen

The engraving by William van der Gouwen shows a 20 meter long stranded whale. Engraved in the 4th quarter of the 17th century after the engraving by Jakob Matham.

For comparison, the template by Jakob Matham, a pupil of Hendrik Goltzius, from 1598.

A later work by Jakob Matham from 1602.

Willem van der Gouwen (* 1650 in Amsterdam ; † approx. 1720 ) was a Dutch engraver and vignette maker .

Exact details of the birth and death of Willem, William or Gilliam van der Gouwen are unknown. From 1669 to 1670 he was apprenticed to Peter van Lisebetten (also: Peeter van Liesebetten) in Amsterdam. He is also considered a student of Bernard Picart . His period of activity is proven until 1720. He provided engravings for Het groot schilderboek (Amsterdam 1707) by Gerard de Lairesse , title vignettes and book decorations for travel works and the Bible by Pieter Mortier . He also worked as a copperplate engraver for various booksellers and designed portraits , including a portrait of Peter the Great.

Van der Gouwen's works include the engraving A stranded whale between Scheveningen and Katwijk , which is based directly on an engraving by Jakob Matham and indirectly on a drawing by Hendrick Goltzius . The representation has shaped the image of the sperm whale for over 200 years.

Joseph Strutt did not certify his work in his biographical encyclopedia of particular quality, he described them as:

“An engraver of no great note, […] and resided at Amsterdam. By him we have some bad prints for the Bible, published at that city, AD 1720. ”

“An engraver of little importance […] and lived in Amsterdam. From him we have some bad prints for the Bible that were published in this city, AD 1720 ”

He worked for well-known cartographers such as Carel Allard , Claes Janszoon Visscher or Frederik de Wit , for example he was involved in a view of the "New World" after Allard.

literature

Hans Vollmer : Gouwen, Gilliam van der . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 450–451 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Gouwen, Willem or Gelliam van der. In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists. Volume 6. Gründ, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-7000-3076-1 , p. 513.

Web links

Literature by and about Willem van der Gouwen in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Gouwen, Gilliam van der RKD - Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis
Willem van der Gouwen on artnet
Gilliam van der Gouwen Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Individual evidence

↑ after Bénézit. Place of birth uncertain, other sources also mention Antwerp .
↑ as stated on the RE Lewis website - original prints. Retrieved September 11, 2012.

↑ engraving by van der Gouwen in Sylt local museum . Original title: Een Walvisch. Long 70 voeten, stranded op de Hollandse zee-kust, tusschen Schevelingen en Katwyk, in Sprrokkelmaandt 1598. On the website of the north museums , accessed on September 11, 2012.

^ Joseph Strutt: G. van der Gouwen . In: A Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical Account of All the Engravers, from the Earliest Period of the Art of Engraving to the Present Time; and a Short List of Their Most Esteemed Works. ... With Several Curious Specimens of the Performances of the Most Ancient Artists. tape 1 . J. Davis, London 1785, p. 346 ( books.google.de ).

↑ Recentissima Novi Orbis, Sive Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Tabula Ex Officina Caroli Allard Cum Privilegion Ordinum Hollandia et Westfrisie. washington.edu, accessed February 21, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Gouwen, Willem van der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gouwen, Willem van; Gouwen, Gilliam van der; Gouwen, Gelliam van der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	1650
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amsterdam or Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH	around 1720

[1] ter Bénézit. Place of birth uncertain, other sources also mention Antwerp .

[2] s stated on the RE Lewis website - original prints. Retrieved September 11, 2012.

[3] raving by van der Gouwen in Sylt local museum . Original title: Een Walvisch. Long 70 voeten, stranded op de Hollandse zee-kust, tusschen Schevelingen en Katwyk, in Sprrokkelmaandt 1598. On the website of the north museums , accessed on September 11, 2012.

[4] Joseph Strutt: G. van der Gouwen . In: A Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical Account of All the Engravers, from the Earliest Period of the Art of Engraving to the Present Time; and a Short List of Their Most Esteemed Works. ... With Several Curious Specimens of the Performances of the Most Ancient Artists. tape 1 . J. Davis, London 1785, p. 346 ( books.google.de ).

[5] Recentissima Novi Orbis, Sive Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Tabula Ex Officina Caroli Allard Cum Privilegion Ordinum Hollandia et Westfrisie. washington.edu, accessed February 21, 2019 .