page_title: Willem Doudijns
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Willem Doudijns / Biography
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Het oude stadhuis aan de Groenmarkt in Den Haag - rijk gesneden schepengestoelte uit 1671. English: The old townhall of The Hague, wooden sculpted court with 3 paintings by the Hague painter Willem Doudijns depicting the Judgement of Salomon from 1671. This is an image of rijksmonument number 17518 This image is available from the Netherlands Institute for Art Historyunder digital ID 106248. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. čeština&#160;| English&#160;| français&#160;| македонски&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Willem Doudijns, was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver.
context_section_description: According to the RKD he learned to draw from Alexander le Petit, and he spent 12 years in Italy. He returned home in 1661, where he collaborated with Jan de Bisschop on engravings. Both he and Bisschop were founding members of the Confrerie Pictura and Doudijns painted a large ceiling painting for the meeting hall that has not survived. His pupil Mattheus Terwesten made a sketch of this Allegory of the artists leaving the Hague Guild of St. Luke which is now in the Rijksmuseum print cabinet.
  According to Houbraken he was the son of a mayor, and in Rome he joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname Diomedes. On his return became the head of the Confrerie Pictura. He was known for his wall and ceiling paintings, most notably the Judgment of Solomon in the Vierschaar, or courtroom, of the Hague city hall.
  His pupils were Erasmus Arondeus, Frans Beeldemaker, Gijsbert de Bije, Bartholomeus van Burgindis, Arnoldus Gouda, Nicolaes Hooft, Pieter van der Hulst, Daniël Jacobsz., Lowys Paen, Nicolaes van Ravesteyn, Pieter van Reenen, Pieter Jansz van Ruyven, Augustinus Terwesten, Mattheus Terwesten, Michiel van der Valck, Daniël Walewijns, Domenicus van Wijnen, and Willem Wissing.
caption: Vierschaar with three paintings depicting the judgement of Salomon in The Hague city hall, by Doudijns
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