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Dirck de Bray (c. 1635 in
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– 1694 in
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) was a
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painter.


Biography

According to Houbraken he was a multi-talented son and pupil of the painter and architect Salomon de Bray.Dirck de Bray Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by
Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadt ...
, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
He was known as a flower painter, but he could also sculpt. He carved a wooden bust of his father's head, that Houbraken admired and used for his engraving of Salomon in his "Schouburg". He became a monk in the Gaesdonck monastery near Goch. He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1671.Dirck de Bray
in the
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Dirck was born into an artistic family. His brother Jan became a well-known painter, and his brother
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was also a painter, though he died young. His sister Cornelia married
Jan Lievens Jan Lievens (24 October 1607 – 4 June 1674) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who was associated with his close contemporary Rembrandt, a year older, in the early parts of their careers. They shared a birthplace in Leiden, training with Pieter ...
. His mother was Anna Westerbaen, the sister of the painter Jan Westerbaen, and the poet
Jacob Westerbaen Ridder Jacob Westerbaen (7 September 1599 – 31 March 1670), ''heer'' (squire) of Brantwyck-en-Ghybelant, was a Dutch poet. Life Westerbaen was born in The Hague, the son of a rope maker, and was initially schooled in the Staten-College, then ...
. He was a printmaker and painted flower- and hunting still lifes. After 1678 he moved to the Gaesdonck monastery.


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Print after his design
by
Jan de Visscher Jan de Visscher (ca.1636, Haarlem – 1692-1712, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age engraver who became a painter in later life. Biography According to Houbraken he was an able etcher who made famous prints (in his lifetime) after the works ...
and with a poem by his father; showing the young priest Simon van der Plas of
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(Geheugen van Nederland) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bray, Dirck De 1630s births 1694 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch Golden Age architects Dutch draughtsmen Painters from Haarlem Dutch woodcarvers