Dirck de Bray

Dirck de Bray (c. 1635 in Haarlem – 1694 in Goch) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

According to Houbraken he was a multi-talented son and pupil of the painter and architect Salomon de Bray.^[1] He was known as a flower painter, but he could also sculpt.^[1] He carved a wooden bust of his father's head, that Houbraken admired and used for his engraving of Salomon in his "Schouburg".^[1] He became a monk in the Gaesdonck monastery near Goch.^[1] He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1671.^[2] Dirck was born into an artistic family. His brother Jan became a well-known painter, and his brother Joseph was also a painter, though he died young.^[2] His sister Cornelia married Jan Lievens. His mother was Anna Westerbaen, the sister of the painter Jan Westerbaen, and the poet Jacob Westerbaen. He was a printmaker and painted flower- and hunting still lifes.^[2] After 1678 he moved to the Gaesdonck monastery.^[2]

• Works and literature on PubHist
• Dirck de Bray on Artnet
• Print after his design by Jan de Visscher and with a poem by his father; showing the young priest Simon van der Plas of Spaarnwoude (Geheugen van Nederland)