Dirck Ferreris, Diederik, or Theodor Freres (1639 – 6 June 1693), was a

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painter.

Biography

He spent most of his life in

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and several works of his hang in the Enkhuizen city hall. He travelled to Italy in 1666 with Adriaen Backer and, after returning to Amsterdam, he went to London to spend some time working for

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in 1678.Dirck Ferreris in RKD
/ref> According to Houbraken he specialised in decorating galleries and decorated one at

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and one in Amsterdam for a gentleman named Mr Roeters. After he returned from Italy he became friends with

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. This puzzled Houbraken, who wrote that he came from a good family and didn't need to save.