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
Enkhuizen () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.
History
Enkhuizen, like Hoorn and Amsterdam, was one of the harbor-towns of the VOC, from where overseas trade w ...
and several works of his hang in the Enkhuizen city hall. He travelled to Italy in 1666 with
Adriaen Backer and, after returning to Amsterdam, he went to London to spend some time working for
Sir Peter Lely
Sir Peter Lely (14 September 1618 – 7 December 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court.
Life
Lely was born Pieter van der Faes to Dutch ...
in 1678.
Dirck Ferreris in RKD
/ref> According to Houbraken he specialised in decorating galleries and decorated one at Huis Honselaarsdijk
Huis Honselaarsdijk is a former palace and country residence of the Dutch Stadtholders and princes of Orange which lies about 2.6 km (2 mi) southwest of the border of The Hague, the Netherlands. It was one of the finest examples of Baroque arch ...
and one in Amsterdam for a gentleman named Mr Roeters. After he returned from Italy he became friends with Johannes Voorhout
Johannes Voorhout (11 November 1647 – 25 August 1717) was a Dutch painter of history paintings, portraits and genre scenes.[Bentvueghels. This puzzled Houbraken, who wrote that he came from a good family and didn't need to save.][
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