Ary De Vois (Attributed To)

Place: Leiden

Born: 1632

Death: 1680

Biography:

Ary de Vois was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Ary de Vois was born and died in Leiden. He was the son of Alewijn de Vois from Utrecht, who was organist in the Pieterskerk, Leiden, in 1635. Ary became a pupil in Utrecht of Nikolaus Knüpfer, who also taught Jan Steen. Ary then returned to Leiden to study with Abraham van den Tempel, who lived there between 1648 and 1660. De Vois joined the Leiden Guild of St Luke on 16 October 1653, paying dues until 1677. He was dean in 1662-64, headman in 1664-65 and dean again from 1672 to 1674. He was also a member of the Leiden city council from 1666 to 1674. He was buried in the Pieterskerk, Leiden, on 14 July 1680.