Dirk Valkenburg
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| Intro | Dutch Golden Age | |
| A.K.A. | Dirk Valckenburg Theodor Valkenburg Theodor Valckenborch Dirk Valckenburgh Dirck Valkenburg Theodor Valckenburg | |
| A.K.A. | Dirk Valckenburg Theodor Valkenburg Theodor Valckenborch Dirk Valckenburgh Dirck Valkenburg Theodor Valckenburg | |
| Places | Netherlands | |
| was | Painter | |
| Work field | Arts | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1675, Amsterdam | |
| Death | 1 January 1721Amsterdam (aged 46 years) |
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Dirk Valkenburg (1675, Amsterdam – 1721, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
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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.