Dirk Dalens

Dirk Dalens the Younger (1657 Amsterdam – buried 24 August 1687 Amsterdam [1]) was a Dutch painter.

A hawking party in a wooded parkland with a view of a water fountain and a villa beyond. ca. 1680
Dirk Dalens
1751. Gravure. by Pieter Tanjé
Born
Dirk Dalens

1657
Died1687 (aged 2930)
NationalityNetherlands
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque

Biography

He was a student of his father, Willem Dalens, and his grandfather Dirck Dalens the Elder, who specialized in landscapes. He died young at the age of 29, leaving his wife pregnant with Dirk Dalens III.

References

  1. Dalens, Dirck (II) at the RKD databases
  • (in Dutch) Dirk Dalens biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
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