Dirk Valkenburg: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively

Next edit →

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Revision as of 17:00, 5 February 2012

Dirk Valkenburg (1675, Amsterdam – 1721, 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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Dirk Valkenburg in the RKD

Dirk Valkenburg on Artnet

Template:Persondata

[RKD-1] Dirk Valkenburg in the RKD

[1]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[File:Dirk Valkenburg - Plantage in Suriname.jpg|thumb|right|A plantation in Surinam.]]
 '''Dirk Valkenburg''' (1675, [[Amsterdam]] &ndash; 1721, [[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]].<ref name=RKD>[http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoiceArtists&search=priref=79070 Dirk Valkenburg] in the [[RKD]]</ref> 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]],<ref name=RKD/>  who owned a plantation there and who he met through his teacher Musscher.
+According to the RKD he was a pupil of [[Michiel van Musscher]], [[Herman van Vollenhove]], and [[Jan Weenix]].<ref name=RKD>[http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoiceArtists&search=priref=79070 Dirk Valkenburg] in the [[RKD]]</ref> 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]],<ref name=RKD/>  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.<ref name=RKD/>
-{{commonscat|Dirk Valkenburg}}
+{{commons category|Dirk Valkenburg}}
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
 *[http://www.artnet.com/artists/dirk-valkenburg/past-auction-results Dirk Valkenburg] on [[Artnet]]
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Valkenburg, Dirk}}
-[[Category:1675 births]]
-[[Category:1721 deaths]]
-[[Category:Dutch Golden Age painters]]
-[[Category:People from Amsterdam]]
 {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
 | NAME              = Valkenburg, Dirk
@@ Line 23: / Line 21: @@
 | PLACE OF DEATH    = Amsterdam
 }}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Valkenburg, Dirk}}
+[[Category:1675 births]]
+[[Category:1721 deaths]]
+[[Category:Dutch Golden Age painters]]
+[[Category:People from Amsterdam]]
 [[nl:Dirk Valkenburg]]