# DUYSTER, Willem Cornelisz.

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1599–1635
- Profession: painter
- School: Dutch

## Biography

Dutch painter of genre scenes and portraits, active mainly in his native Amsterdam. Most of his paintings depict soldiers, sometimes in action, but more usually drinking, gaming, or wooing. His delicate skill at painting textiles, his ability to characterize individuals, and his power to express subtle psychological relationships between them, suggest that if he had not been carried off by the plague in his mid 30s he might well have rivalled Terborch.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory of Hearing](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duyster-willem-cornelisz-rf8d5777c36b2b4/allegory-of-hearing-r993a2bd78bb192>)
- [Card-Playing Soldiers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duyster-willem-cornelisz-rf8d5777c36b2b4/card-playing-soldiers-ra898b4f966dd05>)
- [Carnival Clowns](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duyster-willem-cornelisz-rf8d5777c36b2b4/carnival-clowns-rb6c91921603f2f>)
- [Music-Making Couple](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duyster-willem-cornelisz-rf8d5777c36b2b4/music-making-couple-rc7af915446c192>)
- [Soldiers beside a Fireplace](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duyster-willem-cornelisz-rf8d5777c36b2b4/soldiers-beside-a-fireplace-r88d6fc630bacbe>)
- [Soldiers beside a Fireplace](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duyster-willem-cornelisz-rf8d5777c36b2b4/soldiers-beside-a-fireplace-rfff45ffd1fb490>)
- [The Marauders](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duyster-willem-cornelisz-rf8d5777c36b2b4/the-marauders-r7560113729326e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)