Willem van Ingen
Willem van Ingen, or Guilhelmo Den Eersten (1651–1708), was a Dutch Golden Age painter active in Italy.
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Willem van Ingen
Willem van Ingen · eigen scan uit Goudsche en andre daartoe dienende katolijke kerk-zaaken (1525-1712), blz. 233 · Public domain
- Name
- Willem van Ingen
- Born
- 1651
- Birthplace
- Utrecht (city)
- Died
- 6 April 1708
- Place of death
- Amsterdam
- Field
- Painting
- Movement
- Baroque
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Dutch
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Willem van Ingen, or Guilhelmo Den Eersten (1651–1708), was a Dutch Golden Age painter active in Italy.
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Willem van Ingen (1651–1708) was a painter, of Dutch nationality. The painter was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam.
Willem van Ingen was a member of Bentvueghels and worked in Amsterdam, Naples and Rome, among others. Activity centred on painting. Willem van Ingen was associated with Baroque.
Languages used include Dutch. Works are held at Museum De Lakenhal.
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• Name — Willem van Ingen • Birth Name — Willem van Ingen • Born — 1651 • Birthplace — Utrecht (city) • Died — 6 April 1708 • Place of death — Amsterdam • Field — Painting • Movement — Baroque
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According to Houbraken, he learned to paint in Utrecht and attracted the attention of Johannes van Neercassel, who took him along on a trip to Rome. In Rome, he registered in the Bentvueghels as Guilhelmo den Eersten. Houbraken goes on to mention that he worked for a year in Rome under Karel Marat, painting in many churches, and then traveled to Venice where he worked for Valentin Lefebvre painting on copper after Paolo Veronese. He then traveled to Naples before returning to the Netherlands. He is also known as Guillelmo van Ingen. He is known as the teacher of Albert van Spiers (1665–1718), who was the teacher of Jacob de Wit, decoration painters in Amsterdam.
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1651
Willem van Ingen was born on 6 June 1651.
1708
Willem van Ingen died on 6 April 1708.
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Willem van Ingen worked in painting.
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