| Dirck Barendsz | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Dirck Barendsz by Cornelis Ketel | |
| Born | 1534 Amsterdam, Holland, Spain |
| Died | 1592 (aged 57–58) Amsterdam, Holland, The Netherlands |
| Parent | Barend Dircksz |
Dirck Barendsz or Theodor Barendszoon (1534–1592) was a Dutch Renaissance painter from Amsterdam who traveled to Italy in his youth to learn from the Italian masters, most notably Titian.
Biography
He was trained by his father, a painter known as Barend Dircksz, or deaf Barent, and in 1555, at the age of twenty-one, Barendsz travelled to Italy. During his seven-year stay there, Karel van Mander tells us that he was "nursed at the great Titian's bosem."
He was a great friend of Philip Van Marnix, whom he met in Rome, and Dominicus Lampsonius, with whom he corresponded in Latin. He was a good musician and his most notable work, among various other pieces Van Mander describes that he painted in Amsterdam, was a Judith. Among pieces worthy of mention in Leiden that Van Mander liked was a Venus that at the time he was writing in 1604 was in the possession of Sybrandt Buyck (son of the last Catholic mayor of Amsterdam, Joost Sijbrantsz Buyck). Van Mander further lists several Tafels (altarpieces), including a "Christmas piece" in the possession of the Fraterhouse in Gouda, and a copy of a tronie by Titian, in the possession of Pieter Isaacsz (1569–1625), an Amsterdam painter and art dealer. The "Christmas piece" is still in Gouda and is the only complete surviving alterpiece by him.
His chapel piece voor the Amsterdam militia, called a Fall of Lucifer by Mander, was destroyed in the beeldenstorm, but his militia portrait for the same group that hung in their meeting hall survived. He died in Amsterdam.
Gallery
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Gouda triptych of the Life of Mary - Museum Gouda, circa 1565
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The Last Judgment, Benedictine Abbey, Fara in Sabina, 1561
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Portrait of Joost Buyck (1505-1588) by Jacobus Houbraken, after a copy of a painting by Dirck Barentsz (since lost), 1760
References
- ^ (in Dutch) Dirck Barentsen biography in Karel van Mander's Schilderboeck, 1604, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- "Dirck Barentsen, die Schilder geboren wesende, noch daerenboven des grooten Titiaens boesem heeft ghenoten". Dbnl.org. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
- Marcel Roethlisberger, Review of Dirck Barendsz. 1534-1592 by J. Richard Judson and Jan Asselijn by Anne Charlotte Steland-Stief, The Art Bulletin, vol. 54 (Dec., 1972), pp. 553-555.
- Article about Dirck Barentsen, including an illustrated discussion of this triptych, by Jay Richard Judson, Bulletin KMSK, 1962
Further reading
- Rose, Hugh James (1857). "Barentsen or Barents, Thierry". A New General Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 3 BAH–BEE. London: B. Fellowes et al. p. 173.
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