Brief Biography-Caesar

Everdingen was born in Alkmaar and became a disciple of Jan van Bronckhorst in Utrecht. His younger brothers, Allart and Jan, were also artists. Jan painted more for pleasure than a profession. One of Caesar’s most noted paintings is Diogenes Seeks a Good Man, now in the Hague Gallery; it has images of Haarlem’s Steyn family within it. He was a painter of history and portraits. Caesar was a member of the Alkmaar Guild of Saint Luke and later joined the Guild of Saint Luke in Haarlem. He spent his later life working in his atelier in Alkmaar. (Old history books state he was born in 1606 and died in 1679.)