Dirck or Diederik Tulp (1624–1682) was the son of the surgeon professor Nicolaes Tulp and involved in the

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and the Civic guard. Dirck Tulp visited

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with his father-in-law; he was painted in 1653 by

Paulus Potter Paulus Potter (; 20 November 1625 (baptised) – 17 January 1654 (buried)) was a Dutch painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid sur ...

Life

In 1647, Dirck accompanied Albert Burgh, son of a brewer and former mayor of Amsterdam, on his mission to

, to build up trade connections, especially in grain. Dirck Tulp married Anna Burgh in 1650, daughter of the late Burgh. The couple lived initially on Kloveniersburgwal 65, a building given to Anna by her family. This house had been used for dying

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since 1603. The silk was imported from

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, and shipped, either through

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or the

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. A pair of fashionable Flemish ladies had headed it, its activities occurring in its light and airy attics. Over the years, the operation was largely moved to the

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. When Tulp and his wife began building-work in 1652, they had the building embellished with

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and the floor laid with marble. The Kloveniersburgwal was an attractive site for the rich, being close to the nerve center of the

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, in which Tulp was appointed as delegate. Anna Burgh also owned a summer residence (hofstede) at the

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, named "''Klein Kostverloren''", that was renamed " Tulpenburgh" (combining both family names). They used their summer residence, like many families at the time, to get out of town during the summer, to avoid the urban stench, noise and the plague that was decimating the cities population during that period. In 1652,

came to Amsterdam on Nicolaes Tulp's invitation. Dirck received a painting, that was initially meant to be for someone else – Potter only repainted the head. Around the same time, his half-sister Margaretha Tulp broke off an engagement with

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, one of the most influential Dutch politicians of that time, and married Jan Six instead. Stammbaum Familie Tulp

Dirck and Anna (also painted by the German, Jurriaen Ovens) moved to Kloveniersburgwal 47 in 1669. Dirck's wife died in 1672 and Tulp left for England, visiting his wife's cousin, the diplomat Coenraad van Beuningen. Despite his many contacts, Dirck Tulp never became mayor. Tulp was named by mayor Gillis Valckenier "an ignorant vain man", after his two year stay out of the country, during which he sent back no letters. In 1675 Tulp was to be dismissed, but he changed his lifestyle and prevented dismissal. In 1676, he was made a

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by Charles II, paying a large amount of money. He was appointed as colonel in the

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, the Dutch volunteer city guard. As a widower, he remarried Katharina Resteau. From that marriage came four children, but both sons, twins, died young. His second wife was painted twice. With the death of Dirck Tulp the male line of the Tulp family died out. Dirck's daughter would later marry the mayor of Amsterdam, and specialist in trade with Russia,

Nicolaes Witsen Nicolaes Witsen (; 8 May 1641 – 10 August 1717) was a Dutch statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682 and 1706. In 1693, he became administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). In 1689, he was extraordinary-ambas ...

References

External links

Diederik Tulp in 1653

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070312114008/http://www.kasteleninnoordholland.nl/Kasteelbeschrijvingen/Tulpenburgh.htm Tulpenburgh on the Amstel*
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tulp, Dirck Dutch East India Company people from Amsterdam 1624 births 1682 deaths 17th-century Dutch businesspeople