Dirck de Bray was a Dutch Golden Age

Dutch Golden Age

The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...

 painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was a multi-talented son and pupil of the painter and architect Salomon de Bray

Salomon de Bray

Salomon de Bray was a Dutch Golden Age architect and painter.-Biography:De Bray was born inAmsterdam, but established himself in Haarlem before 1617, where he is registered as being a member of the schutterij that year in the St. Adrian's cloveniers...

. 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

Haarlem Guild of St. Luke

The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for a large number of trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius.-History:...

 in 1671. Dirck was born into an artistic family. His brother Jan

Jan de Bray

Jan de Bray , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:Jan de Bray was born in Haarlem. According to Houbraken he was the most famous pupil of his father, the architect and poet Salomon de Bray. Houbraken called Jan the "pearl in Haarlem's crown"...

 became a well known painter, and his brother Joseph was also a painter. His sister Cornelia married Jan Lievens

Jan Lievens

Jan Lievens was a Dutch painter, usually associated with Rembrandt, working in a similar style.-Biography:According to Arnold Houbraken, Jan was the son of Lieven Hendriksze, a tapestry worker , and was trained by Joris Verschoten. He was sent to Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam at about the age of 10...

. His mother was Anna Westerbaen, the sister of the painter Jan Westerbaen, and the poet Jacob Westerbaen

Jacob Westerbaen

Ridder Jacob Westerbaen , heer 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 as secretary and preacher of the Remonstrants of the Synod of Dort...

. He was a printmaker and painted flower- and hunting still lifes. After 1678 he moved to the Gaesdonck monastery.

External Links

• Works and literature on PubHist
• Dirck de Bray on Artnet
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• Print after his design by Jan de Visscher
  Jan de Visscher
  Jan de Visscher , was a Dutch Golden Age engraver who became a painter in later life.-Biography:...
  
   and with a poem by his father; showing the young priest Simon van der Plas of Spaarnwoude (Geheugen van Nederland)