Dirck van Santvoort

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Portrait of Elias van Cuelen

Dirck Dircksz van Santvoort (bapt. 16 December 1609 – bur. 9 March 1680) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

Santvoort was born and died in Amsterdam, where he married in 1648 and had a son named Rembrandt.[1] 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.[1]

He was the brother of the landscape painter Pieter Dircksz Santvoort.[2]

Known works

  • Regentesses of the Spinhuis, 1638 [3]

References

External links

Media related to Paintings by Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort at Wikimedia Commons