Dirck van Bergen (1645,

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– c. 1700,

) was a

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landscape painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was a pupil of

Adriaen van de Velde Adriaen van de Velde (bapt. 30 November 1636, in Amsterdam – bur. 21 January 1672, in Amsterdam), was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and print artist. His favorite subjects were landscapes with animals and genre scenes.Dirk van Bergen 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 a popular man who spent his money as easily as he earned it, and spent some time in England, but died in Haarlem. According to the RKD his work later influenced

Wilhelm von Kobell Wilhelm von Kobell (6 April 1766 – 15 July 1853) was a German people, German Painting, painter, printmaker and teacher. Biography Kobell was born in Mannheim, the son of Ferdinand Kobell, a landscape painter who cited Claude Lorrain as his in ...

.Dirck van Bergen
in the

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bergen, Dirck Van 1645 births 1700s deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch landscape painters Painters from Haarlem