Dirck Dircksz van Santvoort (bapt. 16 December 1609 – bur. 9 March 1680) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography edit
Santvoort was born and died in Amsterdam, where he married in 1648 and had a son named Rembrandt.[1] He married a second time in 1657. Though not registered as a Rembrandt pupil, he is considered a member of Rembrandt's school of painting, creating portraits and historical allegories.[1]
He was the brother of the landscape painter Pieter Dircksz Santvoort.[2]
Known works edit
- Regentesses of the Spinhuis, 1638 [3]
References edit
- ^ a b Dirck Dircksz. van Santvoort in the RKD
- ^ Golahny, Amy; Mochizuki, Mia M.; Vergara, Lisa (2006). In His Milieu: Essays on Netherlandish Art in Memory of John Michael Montias. Amsterdam University Press. p. 83. ISBN 9789053569337. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ Classen, Albrecht; Scarborough, Connie (2012). Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age: Mental-Historical Investigations of Basic Human Problems and Social Responses. Walter de Gruyter. p. 478. ISBN 9783110294583. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
External links edit
Media related to Paintings by Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort at Wikimedia Commons
- Dirck Dircksz. van Santvoort on Artnet
- Works and literature at PubHist