William van der Gouwen

Willem van der Gouwen (* 1650 in Amsterdam; † ca 1720) was a Dutch engraver and draftsman vignette.

Exact birth and death information of Willem, William Gilliam or van der Gouwen are unknown. 1669 to 1670 he was apprenticed to Peter van Lisebetten (also: Peeter van Liese beds ) in Amsterdam. It is also applicable as a pupil of Bernard Picart. Its action time has proven to 1720. Stitches he delivered for Het groot Schilderboek (Amsterdam 1707) of Gerard de Lairesse, title vignettes and book decorations for travel works or the Bible of Pieter Mortier. He also worked for various booksellers as an engraver and crafted portraits, including a portrait of Peter the Great.

The stitch A beached whale between Scheveningen and Katwijk after a drawing by Hendrik Goltzius is one of his works of art. Importantly it because it over 200 years shaped the image of man from the sperm whale is.