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. . Related Artists to Dirk Valkenburg : |
GIUNTA PISANO |
Louis Marie de Schryver |
COYPEL, Noel Nicolas |
Chigot Eugene |
Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann |
