Guiliam or Willem Backereel (1570, Antwerp – 10 August 1626, Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

), was a Flemish Baroque landscape painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken, who repeated the information from Joachim von Sandrart

Joachim von Sandrart

Joachim von Sandrart was a German Baroque art-historian and painter, active in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age.-Biography:Sandrart was born in Frankfurt, but the family originated from Mons...

's Teutsche Academie, Willem Backereel was from a large painting family that always had a few brothers in Rome. Willem's brother Gillis Backereel

Gillis Backereel

Gillis Backereel, who was born at Antwerp in 1572, studied in Italy and then returned to his native city, the churches of which formerly possessed a number of his works. In the Brussels Museum are an 'Adoration of the Shepherds,' and the 'Vision of St...

 lived with him in Rome, but returned to Antwerp, where he later died. Both brothers were known as landscape painters.

According to the RKD he was in Italy from 1605 onwards and was taught painting by his older brother Gillis. His Roman sketches of the Flavian Palace

Flavian Palace

The Flavian Palace, also known as Domus Flavia, is a part of the vast residential complex of the Roman Emperors on the Palatine Hill in Rome...

 are similar to works by Cornelis van Poelenburch, Jan Asselijn

Jan Asselijn

-Biography:Asselijn was born at Dieppe. He received instruction from Esaias van de Velde , and distinguished himself particularly in landscape and animal painting, though his historical works and battle pieces are also admired. He traveled in France and Italy, and modeled his style after Bamboccio...

 and Jacob de Heusch

Jacob de Heusch

Jacob de Heusch , was a Dutch painter. He was Willem de Heusch's nephew, signing like his uncle, substituting an initial J for the initial G ....

.