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Since 2010 Dutch artist [[Willem de Rooij]] has been working on the first monographic publication on the life and work of Dirk Valkenburgh.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tropenmuseum|date=June 20, 2019|title=The Subject(s) of Slavery: The Paintings of Dirk Valkenburg and Albert Eckhout as Sites of Remembrance|url=https://www.materialculture.nl/en/events/subjects-slavery-paintings-dirk-valkenburg-and-albert-eckhout-sites-remembrance|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Research Center for Material Culture}}</ref>
Since 2010 Dutch artist [[Willem de Rooij]] has been working on the first monographic publication on the life and work of Dirk Valkenburgh.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tropenmuseum|date=June 20, 2019|title=The Subject(s) of Slavery: The Paintings of Dirk Valkenburg and Albert Eckhout as Sites of Remembrance|url=https://www.materialculture.nl/en/events/subjects-slavery-paintings-dirk-valkenburg-and-albert-eckhout-sites-remembrance|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808060151/https://www.materialculture.nl/en/events/subjects-slavery-paintings-dirk-valkenburg-and-albert-eckhout-sites-remembrance |archive-date=2020-08-08 |access-date=|website=Research Center for Material Culture}}</ref>
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A plantation in Surinam.

Dirk Valkenburg (1675, in Amsterdam – 1721, in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to the RKD he was a pupil of Michiel van Musscher, Herman van Vollenhove, and Jan Weenix.[1] In 1698 he worked in Vienna for the Prince of Liechtenstein, and from 1706-1707 he travelled to Surinam to draw the native plants and birds for the wealthy city secretary of Amsterdam, Jonas Witsen,[1] who owned a plantation there and whom he met through his teacher Musscher.

He is known for exotic landscapes, paintings of birds, and fruit and flower still lifes.[1]

Reception

Since 2010 Dutch artist Willem de Rooij has been working on the first monographic publication on the life and work of Dirk Valkenburgh.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Dirk Valkenburg in the RKD
  2. ^ Tropenmuseum (June 20, 2019). "The Subject(s) of Slavery: The Paintings of Dirk Valkenburg and Albert Eckhout as Sites of Remembrance". Research Center for Material Culture. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08.