Dirck van der Bergen
Illustration — Shepherds with cattle Dirck van Bergen (1645, Haarlem – c. 1700, Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Also recorded as Dirck van Bergen · Dirck van den Bergen · van Bergen · Dirk Van Bergen
Dirck van der Bergen
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- Born
- 1645 · Haarlem.
- Died
- 1700 · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Fields
- landscape
- Known for
- Landscape with herdsmen and cattle · landscape with fighting bulls
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Shepherds with cattle Dirck van Bergen (1645, Haarlem – c. 1700, Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, Great Britain and Haarlem. Works named in the authority record are Landscape with herdsmen and cattle and landscape with fighting bulls. Work by Dirck van der Bergen is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum and Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Adriaen van de Velde, who copied his style very well. 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. According to the RKD his work later influenced Wilhelm von Kobell.
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Dirck van der Bergen · This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy
Dirck van der Bergen, Bovinet - Paysage et animaux
Edme Bovinet / After Dirck van der Bergen · British Museum
Life and career
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Life and career
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1645
Dirck van der Bergen born at Haarlem.
1700
Dirck van der Bergen died at Haarlem.
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