William van der Gouwen
Gilliam van der Gouwen (ca. 1657, Antwerp - buried on 15 March 1716, Amsterdam)[1] was a Flemish engraver. He worked most of his life in the Dutch Republic.
He made many title pages, maps and book illustrations for books published in Amsterdam.[2] A print of a Putto blowing bubbles is one of his artworks. The meaning of the bubbles is that life is short.[3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Gilliam van der Gouwen at Ecartico
- ↑ Gilliam van der Gouwen at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
- ↑ Gezeten putto die bellen blaast, Gilliam van der Gouwen, naar Jan Hoogsaat, 1670 - ca. 1740 at the Rijksmuseum (in Dutch)
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