The Utrecht landscape painter Willem de Heusch signed most of his paintings with the French Guilliam or the Italian Giacomo. As other painters, such as Jan Baptist Weenix, he translated his name to demonstrate that he had been abroad. De Heusch travelled to Italy around 1640. He was an apprentice and follower of the Italianate painter Jan Both. His paintings are rather schematic in composition and his choice of subjects is limited.
The Utrecht landscape painter Willem de Heusch signed most of his paintings with the French Guilliam or the Italian Giacomo. As other painters, such as Jan Baptist Weenix, he translated his name to demonstrate that he had been abroad. De Heusch travelled to Italy around 1640. He was an apprentice and follower of the Italianate painter Jan Both. His paintings are rather schematic in composition and his choice of subjects is limited.
Geboortejaar Willem de Heusch van M.J. Bok. Willem de Heusch werd gedoopt in de Waalse Kerk te Utrecht op 22-09-1612. Het Utrechts Archief, DTB 20.
Documentation
Boom, bloem en plant : Nederlandse Meesters uit vijf eeuwen, cat. nr. 59
De Catalogus der schilderijen [1952], (Utrecht, 1952), cat. nr. 139, afb. 75
Het landschap : vijf eeuwen meesters van de landschapsschilderkunst uit de collectie van het Centraal Museum, Sarah van Benthem-Triest ... [et al.], (Utrecht, 1992), cat. nr. 11, pp. 26-27, met afb.
Exhibitions
Het geschilderde landschap, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1992 - 1993
Boom, bloem en plant. Nederlandse Meesters uit vijf eeuwen., Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, 1955
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