Dirck van Santvoort
Illustration — Portrait of Elias van Cuelen Dirck Dircksz van Santvoort (bapt. Dirck van Santvoort was baptised 16 December 1609 – bur. Buried 9 March 1680) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Also recorded as Dirck Dircksz van Santvoort · Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort · Bontepaert Santvoort · Dirck Dircksz. Van Zantvoort
Dirck van Santvoort
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- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Fields
- portrait
- Known for
- The family of Dirck Bas Jacobsz and burgomaster of Amsterdam · Martinus Alewijn (1634-84). Son of Abraham Alewijn and Geertruid Hooftman · Clara Alewijn (1635-74). Daughter of Abraham Alewijn and Geertruid Hooftman
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Portrait of Elias van Cuelen Dirck Dircksz van Santvoort (bapt. Dirck van Santvoort was baptised 16 December 1609 – bur. Buried 9 March 1680) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are The family of Dirck Bas Jacobsz, burgomaster of Amsterdam, Martinus Alewijn (1634-84). Work by Dirck van Santvoort is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Auckland Art Gallery, Amsterdam Museum, Museum Van Loon and Rijksmuseum.
Santvoort was born and died in Amsterdam, where he married in 1648 and had a son named Rembrandt. He married a second time in 1657. Though not registered as a Rembrandt pupil, he is considered a member of Rembrandt's school of painting, creating portraits and historical allegories. He was the brother of the landscape painter Pieter Dircksz Santvoort.
Known works
Known works
• Regentesses of the Spinhuis, 1638
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Dirck Dircksz van Santvoort, Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort, Bontepaert Santvoort, Dirck Dircksz. Van Zantvoort and Dirck Dircksz. Van Bontepaert. His recorded language was Dutch. He was the child of Dirck Pietersz.
Work and production
Work and production
Works recorded as notable number 3: The family of Dirck Bas Jacobsz, burgomaster of Amsterdam, Martinus Alewijn (1634-84). Son of Abraham Alewijn and Geertruid Hooftman and Clara Alewijn (1635-74). Daughter of Abraham Alewijn and Geertruid Hooftman. His recorded genre is portrait.
Identity
Identity
Dirck van Santvoort is recorded with the occupation draftsperson. Recorded as a citizen of Dutch Republic. Classed in the genre portrait.
Dirck van Santvoort, Dirck dircksz. santvoort, parabola dell'ospite indegno al matrimonio, 1640 ca.
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Dirck van Santvoort
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1610
Dirck van Santvoort was born on 1 January 1610.
1680
Dirck van Santvoort died on 9 March 1680.
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Dirck van Santvoort was born at Amsterdam.
Birthplace
Dirck van Santvoort died at Amsterdam.
Deathplace
Amsterdam.
Birth place
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q420452: Dirck van Santvoort
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- “Dirck van Santvoort”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Dirck Dircksz. van Santvoort. 1904.
- 2.Alfred von Wurzbach. Santvoort, Dirck Dircksz. van. 1910.
- 3.Anne Marion Cense. Klink. 2009.
- 4.Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort – Portret van Margaretha de Vlaming van Oudtshoven (1598–1670), 1645 gedateerd rkd.nl.
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Institutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q420452: Dirck van SantvoortWikimedia Foundation
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