Willem Doudijns

Willem Doudijns (1630–1697), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver.

According to the RKD he learned to draw from Alexander le Petit, and he spent 12 years in Italy.

His pupil Mattheus Terwesten made a sketch of this Allegory of the artists leaving the Hague Guild of St. Luke which is now in the Rijksmuseum print cabinet.

[1] According to Houbraken he was the son of a mayor, and in Rome he joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname Diomedes.

He was known for his wall and ceiling paintings, most notably the Judgment of Solomon in the Vierschaar, or courtroom, of the Hague city hall.

Vierschaar with three paintings depicting the judgement of Salomon in The Hague city hall, by Doudijns
Roman sculpture seen from the front , drawn by Doudijns, and engraved by Jan de Bisschop.