Dirck van Bergen

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Shepherds with cattle

Dirck van Bergen (1645, Haarlem – c. 1700, Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Adriaen van de Velde, who copied his style very well.[1] He was a popular man who spent his money as easily as he earned it, and spent some time in England, but died in Haarlem.[1] According to the RKD his work later influenced Wilhelm von Kobell.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 (in Dutch) Dirk van Bergen Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. Dirck van Bergen in the RKD

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