Dirk Maas

Gemeenlandshuis Zwanenburg, 1702

Dirk Maas (September 12, 1659, Haarlem – December 25, 1717, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was first a pupil of Hendrick Mommers, a Haarlem painter of vegetable market scenes, and then took lessons from Nicolaes Berchem, who he probably met through Mommers..^[1] Maas became a follower of Berchem's Italianate landscape painting.^[1] Eventually he took up with Jan van Huchtenburg, whereupon he devoted himself to painting horses.^[1]

According to the RKD he was first became a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke in 1678, and in 1690 he accompanied William II of England's army, where he painted the Battle of the Boyne first-hand.^[2] He was a pupil of Mommers, Berchem, and Huchtenburg who made prints, Italianate landscapes, and staffage for other painters.^[2] In 1697 he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura, though he seems to have remained active in Haarlem also.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} (Dutch) Dirk Maas 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} Dirk Maas in the RKD

• Watercolor of the Siege of Namur (1695) by Dirk Maas on Geheugen van Nederland

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Name	Maas, Dirk
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Date of birth	September 12, 1659
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Date of death	December 25, 1717
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