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Floris van Dyck, also called Floris van Dijck or Floris Claesz. van Dyck (c.1575 – before 26 April 1651) was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter.

Biography

van Dyck lived in Haarlem for most of his life, but he was born in Delft. He was a cousin of Pieter Cornelisz van Rijck, whose father Cornelis first had a brewery in Delft before moving to the brewery "De Olyphant" in Haarlem.Entry on Floris Claesz van Dyck
in the

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Collections of Paintings in Haarlem 1572-1745: Netherlandish Inventories
p.102 (inventory of Agatha Pieters Bal), by

Pieter Biesboer Pieter Biesboer (born 1944), is a Dutch art historian and prolific writer on 17th-century Dutch art. His specialty is art from Haarlem. Career Biesboer was a curator at Stedelijk Museum het Prinsenhof in Delft during the years 1973-1976. Bie ...

, 2001, The J. Paul Getty Trust In 1600 he was documented as being in

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, where he was a good friend of Joseph van Arpino and witnessed him being cured of an ailment with ''Olio del gran Duco'', an oil given to him by the Pope's personal physician, with which he smeared himself all over his body.Floris van Dyck mentioned in Joseph van Arpino biography
in

Karel van Mander Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548 – 2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life. He is mainly remembere ...

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'', 1604, courtesy of the

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. In 1606 he returned to the Netherlands, where he settled in Haarlem and became one of Karel van Mander's sources on modern Italian painters for his

. He probably lived with or near his uncle, the brewer Cornelis van Rijck. Like the young Frans Hals and other assistants to Karel van Mander, Floris is not listed with his own entry in that book, though he was already an established painter on his return from Italy. After Karel van Mander's death, Floris joined the

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in 1610 and became dean in 1637. On 11 September 1625 he married for the second time to Cornelia Jansdr. Vlasman and the wealthy

Gijsbert Claesz van Campen Gijsbert Claesz van Campen (c.1580 – 1648), was a Dutch cloth merchant of Haarlem who is most famous today for his family portrait painted by Frans Hals. The sitters in this painting have been identified by Pieter Biesboer as the family of Gijsbe ...

was his only witness.marriage notes
in ''De identificatie van een familiegroep door Frans Hals'', by

, pp. 77, Haerlem : jaarboek 2012, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives He was influenced by

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and

Clara Peeters Clara Peeters (active 1607–1621) was a Flemish still-life painter from Antwerp who worked in both the Spanish Netherlands and Dutch Republic. Peeters is the best-known female Flemish artist of this era and one of the few women artists work ...

and is considered the inventor of the ''banketje'' (banquet still life genre similar to breakfasts, or ''ontbijtjes''), together with Nicolaes Gillis. Besides Nicolaes Gilles, he influenced the painters

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Pieter Claesz Pieter Claesz (c. 1597 – 1 January 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes. Biography He was born in Berchem, Belgium, near Antwerp, where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1620. He moved to Haarlem in 1620, wher ...

, and Roelof Koets. He died in Haarlem. File:Floris Van Dyck, Pièce de banquet.jpg, Dutch banquet with cheese, bread, nuts and fruit, File:Floris Claesz. van Dyck 001.jpg, Still life ''ontbijtje'' from 1610 showing a Dutch breakfast with cheese, bread, nuts and fruit, served on a fine white linen napkin protecting the tablecloth, a red or ''karmozijn'' example popular in 17th century Haarlem, collection

Frans Hals Museum The Frans Hals Museum is a museum located in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The museum was established in 1862. In 1950, the museum was split in two locations when the collection of modern art was moved to the '' Museum De Hallen'' (since 2018 called ...

. File:Still life pewter jug fruit cheese Floris van Dyck.jpg, Still life with pewter jug, fruit and cheese File:St Lukasgilde Haarlem hierarchy 1631 - transcribed by CJ Gonnet in 1877.jpg, Transcription from 1877 of the proposed Haarlem painter's guild hierarchy in 1631. Floris van Dyck was one of the signers, along with

Pieter de Molijn Pieter de Molijn (6 April 1595 in London – 23 March 1661 in Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver of English birth and Flemish descent. He was baptized in the Dutch Reformed Austin Friars church in London. He was born to ...

, Outgert Ariss Akersloot, Willem Claesz Heda,

Salomon de Bray Salomon de Bray (1597 – 11 May 1664) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and architect. Biography De Bray was born in Amsterdam, but established himself in Haarlem before 1617, where he is registered as being a member of the schutterij that y ...

Cornelis Cornelisz Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562 – 11 November 1638) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in the Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals as a portraitist. Biograph ...

Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen (c. 1576 – 29 December 1633) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Van Wieringen was born and died in Haarlem. He was the son of a Haarlem captain, and drew, painted and etched with his friends Hendrick ...

, and

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. File:Korte spaarne 23-25.jpg, The former brewery "De Olyphant", where Cornelis van Rijck lived and worked, and where he and his cousin Pieter probably kept a studio.

References

External links

Floris van Dijck - Rijksmuseum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dyck, Floris Van 1575 births 1651 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch still life painters Painters from Haarlem Artists from Delft Artists from Haarlem