Editing Caesar van Everdingen (section)

==Biography==
[[File:Caesar van Everdingen - Bachus en Ariadne 1660.jpg|thumbnail|left|''Bacchus and Ariadne'', 1660]]
[[File:Everdingen - Rape of Europa.jpg|thumb| ''Rape of Europa'']]
[[File:Jupiter and Callisto (Cesar Boetius van Everdingen) - Nationalmuseum - 18160.tif|thumbnail|''Jupiter and Callisto'']]
<!-- [[File:Caesar van Everdingen Count Willem II of Holland Granting Privileges.jpg|left|thumb|''Count Willem II of Holland Granting Privileges'' by Caesar van Everdingen (1654), oil on canvas, 220 x 200 cm, [[Gemeenlandshuis van Rijnland]], Leiden]] -->
He was born in [[Alkmaar]] and educated in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]], where he learned to paint from [[Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst]].<ref name=Houbraken>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0226.htm Cesar van Everdingen Biography] in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by [[Arnold Houbraken]], courtesy of the [[Digital library for Dutch literature]]</ref><ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/26852 Cesar Boetius van Everdingen] in the [[RKD]]</ref>  Caesar became a member of the painter's guild in [[Alkmaar]] in 1632.<ref name=RKD/> His first known painting dates from 1636.<ref name=RKD/> In 1648 he moved to [[Haarlem]], where he joined the [[Haarlem Guild of St. Luke]] and the civic guard (or ''[[schutterij]]'') there, where he met [[Jacob van Campen]].<ref name=RKD/> From 1648 to 1650 He helped him with the decoration of the ''Oranje Zaal'' (Orange room) in [[Huis ten Bosch]]. In 1658 he moved back to Alkmaar where he started a workshop and took on pupils.<ref name=RKD/>  He died and was buried in the Grote- or St. Laurenskerk in Alkmaar.