Adriaen Oudendijck was a Dutch Golden Age

Dutch Golden Age

The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...

 landscape painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he copied the cattle in his landscapes after leading landscape artists such as the painter Adriaen van de Velde and the figures after leading portrait painters such as Thomas Wyck, and this copycat behavior earned him the nickname "Rapianus".

According to the RKD he was the second son of the landscape painter Evert

Evert Oudendijck

Evert Oudendijck , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he painted stag hunts and other hunting scenes in landscapes, along with the artist "Drossaart". He was the father of Adriaen Oudendijck....

 and worked together with the painter Dirk Maas

Dirk Maas

Dirk Maas , was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was first a pupil of Hendrick Mommers, a Haarlem painter of vegetable market scenes, and then took lessons from Nicolaes Berchem, who he probably met through Mommers.. Maas became a follower of Berchem's...

, possibly in the same studio from 1695-1700.
In 1700 he became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke

Haarlem Guild of St. Luke

The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for a large number of trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius.-History:...

. He is not to be confused with a printmaker by the same name.