What is William van der Gouwen?
[[File:Gezeten putto die bellen blaast., RP-P-1909-1646.jpg|thumb|210px|''Putto blowing bubbles'']] '''Gilliam van der Gouwen''' (ca. 1657, [[Antwerp]] - buried on 15 March 1716, [[Amsterdam]])<ref name=Ecartico>[http://www.vondel.humanities.uva.nl/ecartico/persons/3309 Gilliam van der Gouwen] at Ecartico</ref> 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.<ref name=rkd>[https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/124717 Gilliam van der Gouwen] at the [[Netherlands Institute for Art History]]</ref> A print of a ''Putto blowing bubbles'' is one of his artworks. The meaning of the bubbles is that life is short.<ref>[https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-P-1909-1646 ''Gezeten putto die bellen blaast'', Gilliam van der Gouwen, naar Jan Hoogsaat, 1670 - ca. 1740] at the Rijksmuseum {{in lang|nl}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gouwen, Gilliam van der}} [[Category:Dutch artists]] [[Category:Flemish people]] [[Category:1640s births]] [[Category:1720s deaths]] [[Category:Engravers]]