Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
– buried 24 August 1687 Amsterdam Dalens, Dirck (II) at the RKD databases) was a Dutch painter.
Biography
He was a student of his father, Willem Dalens, and his grandfather
Dirck Dalens the Elder
Dirck Dalens the Elder ( 1600, Dordrecht – 1676, Zierikzee) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to the RKD he was the father and teacher of the painters Jan and Willem Dalens and the grandfather van Dirk Dalens.< ...
, who specialized in landscapes. He died young at the age of 29, leaving his wife pregnant with
Dirk Dalens III
Dirck Dalens III (1688 – 1753), was a Dutch landscape painter.
Biography
He was born in Amsterdam as the son of Dirk Dalens, Dirck II, who died before he was born.Dirk Dalens biography in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by
Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
Life
Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...
, courtesy of the
Digital library for Dutch literature
The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, second ...