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

↑ 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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[Ecartico-1] Gilliam van der Gouwen at Ecartico

[rkd-2] Gilliam van der Gouwen at the Netherlands Institute for Art History

[3] Gezeten putto die bellen blaast, Gilliam van der Gouwen, naar Jan Hoogsaat, 1670 - ca. 1740 at the Rijksmuseum (in Dutch)

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