Dirck de Bray

Painting of "The Governors of the Guild of St. Luke" by Dirck's brother Jan de Bray, with a portrait of Dirck upper right.

Dirck de Bray (Haarlem, ca. 1635 – Goch, 1694) 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.^[1] He was known as a flower painter, but he could also sculpt.^[1] He carved a wooden bust of his father's head, that Houbraken admired and used for his engraving of Salomon in his "Schouburg".^[1] He became a monk in the Gaesdonck monastery near Goch.^[1] He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1671.^[2] Dirck was born into an artistic family. His brother Jan became a well known painter, and his brother Joseph was also a painter. ^[2] His sister Cornelia married Jan Lievens. His mother was Anna Westerbaen, the sister of the painter Jan Westerbaen, and the poet Jacob Westerbaen. He was a printmaker and painted flower- and hunting still lifes.^[2] After 1678 he moved to the Gaesdonck monastery.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} (Dutch) Dirck de Bray Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Dirck de Bray in the RKD

External Links

• Works and literature on PubHist
• Dirck de Bray on Artnet
• Print after his design by Jan de Visscher and with a poem by his father; showing the young priest Simon van der Plas of Spaarnwoude (Geheugen van Nederland)

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Name	Bray, Dirck De
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Date of birth	ca. 1635
Place of birth	Haarlem
Date of death	1694
Place of death	Goch