A Fleeting Glimpse into Golden Age Merriment: The World of Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, a name perhaps less instantly recognizable than some of his Dutch Golden Age contemporaries, nevertheless occupies a vital and charming niche in the history of 17th-century painting. Born in Rotterdam in 1592, his life was tragically brief – he passed away around 1624 at just thirty-two or thirty-three years old – yet…