Dirk Valkenburg(1675, Amsterdam - 1721, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Michiel van Musscher, Herman van Vollenhove, and Jan Weenix. 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, 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. | |||
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Plantation in Surinam. Gemälde ID:: 93200 Siehe Galerie in Schweden |
Plantation in Surinam. 1707(1707) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 52.5 X 45.5 cm (20.7 X 17.9 in) cjr 1707(1707) _ Medium_oil_on_canvas _ Dimensions_52.5_X_45.5_cm_(20.7_X_17.9_in) _ cjr |
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| (1675, Amsterdam - 1721, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Michiel van Musscher, Herman van Vollenhove, and Jan Weenix. 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, 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. | ||||||||||
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