Willem Hermansz. van Diest (c. 1600 in The Hague – c. 1678 in The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter.
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He was the father of the painter Jeronymus van Diest and a follower of Jan van Goyen, Jan Porcellis and Simon de Vlieger.[1] In 1656 he helped set up the Confrerie Pictura.[1]
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Shipwreck in a Storm (1629). The Walters Art Museum.