Cesar Pietersz, or Cesar Boetius van Everdingen (1616/17 - buried October 13, 1678), older brother of Allart van Everdingen and Jan van Everdingen, was a Dutch Golden Age

Dutch Golden Age

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 portrait

Portrait

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 and history painter

Painting

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Biography

He was born in Alkmaar

Alkmaar

Alkmaar is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination.-History:...

 and educated in Utrecht

Utrecht (city)

Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

, where he learned to paint from Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst

Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst

Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst , Bronchorst, or Bronkhorst was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. He is considered today to be a minor member of the Utrecht Caravaggisti.-Biography:...

. Caesar became a member of the painter's guild in Alkmaar

Alkmaar

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 in 1632. His first known painting dates from 1636. In 1648 he moved to Haarlem

Haarlem

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, where he joined 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:...

 and the civic guard (or schutterij

Schutterij

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) there, where he met Jacob van Campen

Jacob van Campen

Jacob van Campen , was a Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age.-Life:He was born into a wealthy family at Haarlem, and spent his youth in his home town. Being of noble birth and with time on his hands, he took up painting mainly as a pastime...

. From 1648 to 1650 He helped him with the decoration of the Oranje Zaal (Orange room) in Huis ten Bosch

Huis ten Bosch

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. In 1658 he moved back to Alkmaar where he started a workshop and took on pupils. He died and was buried in the Grote- or St. Laurenskerk in Alkmaar.

Works

Many of his pictures are to be seen in the museum

Museum

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s and private houses of the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, with several on display at the Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar

Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar

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. His pupils were Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff

Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff

Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff or Jan Maat, was a Dutch Golden Age marine painter.-Biography:...

, Adriaen Dekker, Hendrik Graauw

Hendrik Graauw

-Biography:According to Houbraken he first learned to paint from Pieter de Grebber in Haarlem.He then went to work for Jacob van Campen for eight years, until John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen returned from his travels and asked both van Campen and de Grebber to paint the cupola of the Huis ten...

, and Thomas Heeremans. Houbraken also lists two other pupils; Adriaen Warmenhuizen, and Laurens Oosthoorn.

External links

• Caesar van Everdingen on Artnet
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• Cesar van Everdingen at Artcyclopedia
• Biography at Web Gallery of Art
• Works and literature at PubHist