Dirck is a
given name
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. Notable people with the name include:
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Dirck Barendsz
Dirck Barendsz or Theodor Barendszoon (1534–1592) was a Dutch Renaissance painter from Amsterdam who traveled to Italy in his youth to learn from the Italian masters, most notably Titian.
Biography
He was trained by his father, a painter known ...
(1534–1592), Dutch Renaissance painter from Amsterdam
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Dirck Bleker
Dirck Bleker (1621 in Haarlem – 1702 in Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he painted a Danae for the ''Lord of Halsteren, Baljuw of Kennemerland'', that was made famous by a poem by Joost van den V ...
(1621–1702), Dutch Golden Age painter
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Dirck Coornhert
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert (152229 October 1590), also known as Theodore Cornhert, was a Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician, theologian and artist. Coornhert is often considered the Father of Dutch Renaissance scholarship.
Biogr ...
(1522–1590), Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician and theologian
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Dirck Cornelis de Hooch
Dirk Cornelis de Hooch (1613–1651) was a 17th-century Dutch portrait painter, who lived and worked in The Hague (the Netherlands).
Born in 1613 at The Hague, he was a son of a Dutch bailiff, Cornelis de Hooch and his wife Jannetje Dirx van ...
(1613–1651), 17th-century Dutch portrait painter
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Dirck de Bray
Dirck de Bray (c. 1635 in Haarlem – 1694 in Goch) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he was a multi-talented son and pupil of the painter and architect Salomon de Bray.[Dirck Ferreris
Dirck Ferreris, Diederik, or Theodor Freres (1639 – 6 June 1693), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
He spent most of his life in Enkhuizen and several works of his hang in the Enkhuizen city hall. He travelled to Italy in 1666 wit ...]
(1639–1693), Dutch Golden Age painter
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Dirck Gerritsz Pomp
Dirck Gerritszoon Pomp, alias Dirck China (1544 – c. 1608), was a Dutch sailor of the 16th–17th century, and the first known Dutchman to visit China and Japan.
Pomp was born in Enkhuizen in the Burgundian Netherlands. As a youth, he was sent i ...
(1544–1608), Dutch sailor, the first known Dutchman to visit Japan
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Dirck Hals
Dirck Hals (19 March 1591 – 17 May 1656), born at Haarlem, was a Dutch Golden Age painter of merry company scenes, festivals and ballroom scenes. He played a role in the development of these types of genre painting. He was somewhat influe ...
(1591–1656), Dutch painter of festivals and ballroom scenes
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Dirck Halstead
Dirck Storm Halstead (December 24, 1936March 25, 2022) was an American photojournalist. He was editor and publisher of ''The Digital Journalist,'' an online photojournalism magazine.
Early life
Halstead was born in Huntington, New York, on Dece ...
, (born 1936), photojournalist, and editor and publisher of ''The Digital Journalist''
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Dirck Helmbreker
Dirck Helmbreker, Theodor Helmbreeker, or Teodoro Elembrech (1633–1696) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of Italianate landscapes.
Biography
According to Houbraken he lived from 1624 to 1694, but this has since been proven to be incorrect.