Dirk Pietersz (1558 – c. 1621) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to Karel van Mander he was born in

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, the son of

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and the youngest brother of Pieter Pietersz the Elder and

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(who was eight years older).Dirk Pietersz
in

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'', 1604, courtesy of the

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He moved to Fontainebleau where he died accidentally during the troubles there.The RKD states he died c. 1621, but van Mander was writing in the past tense in 1603 According to the RKD no works from Fontainebleau are known and only a portrait of the

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preacher

Simon Episcopius Simon Episcopius (8 January 1583 – 4 April 1643) was a Dutch theologian and Remonstrant who played a significant role at the Synod of Dort in 1618. His name is the Latinized form of his Dutch name Simon Bisschop. Life Born in Amsterdam, in 16 ...

(1583-1643) survives.Dirk Pietersz
in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pietersz, Dirk 1558 births 1620s deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Amsterdam