Dirk van bergen artistic tile

Haarlem, 1645–?Haarlem, after 1690, before 1703
Dutch painter of pastoral landscapes and animals

His name appears both as Dirck van Bergen and Dirck van den Bergen.

He was a pupil in Amsterdam of Adriaen van de Velde (1636–72), whose influence is visible in most of his work. His earliest dated painting is of 1676 and the latest of 1690. He painted idyllic sunny landscapes in golden tones, with cows, shepherds and shepherdesses, mostly in a small format.

Dirk van bergen artistic tile and stone

He visited England briefly, during which period he painted overdoors and overmantels for Ham House (c. 1673). After that he returned to Haarlem, where his work sold well.

LITERATURE
Waterhouse 1988, pp.

24–5; Worm 1996a; Dethloff 1996a; Kollmann 2000, pp. 62, 154; Saur, ix, 1994, pp. 334–5 (U. Römer); Ecartico, no.

Dirk van bergen artistic tile

901: http://www.vondel.humanities.uva.nl/ecartico/persons/901 (May 20, 2017); RKDartists&, no. 7086: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/7086 (Nov. 7, 2019).