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Dutch Golden Age
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Dirk Valckenburg
Theodor Valkenburg
Theodor Valckenborch
Dirk Valckenburgh
Dirck Valkenburg
Theodor Valckenburg
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Amsterdam
Place of death
Amsterdam
Age
46 years
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Biography
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. 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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