HEUSCH, Willem de
(b. 1625 Utrecht, d. 1692 Utrecht)
Dutch painter and etcher. cousin and teacher of Jacob de Heusch. Willem de Heusch specialized in Italianate landscapes in the style of Jan Both with whom he is likely to have trained. He is thought to have traveled in Italy around 1640, but was back in Utrecht by 1649 where he is recorded as a dean of the Guild along with Both and Cornelis Poelenburgh.