Philip van Dijk (painter)

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Philip van Dijk. Copper engraving (1771) by Jacobus Houbraken , after a self-portrait by van Dijk

Philip van Dijk (also van Dijks , van Dyck , van Dyk ) (born January 10, 1683 in Oud-Beijerland , † February 3, 1753 in The Hague ) was a Dutch genre and portrait painter of the late Baroque .

Life

According to the sources, Philip van Dijk was a student of Arnold Boonen in Amsterdam, but is also listed as a student of Adriaen van der Werff in Rotterdam , where his wedding in 1708 is documented. In the same year he joined the Guild of St. Lukas in Middelburg . In 1718, as a member of the Confrérie Pictura in The Hague, he was already in demand as a painter who also trained painters, including Louis de Moni (1698–1771) and later Jan Augustini (1725–1773) and Hendrik Pothoven (1725–1807).

In 1726 van Dijk traveled for ten years, first to Kassel , where he worked as court painter to William VIII , Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. In this capacity, among other things, a portrait of Marie Luise von Hessen-Kassel and her family is attributed to him. In 1737 van Dijk is again occupied in Middelburg when he paid his contributions to the guild. He returned to The Hague around 1750; there he is registered as court painter to Wilhelm IV , the Prince of Orange.

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Philip van Dijk: Sybilla Volkera Sichterman-Sadelijn with daughters Sybilla Volkera and Christina Elisabeth (1745, Groninger Museum ), wife and children of Jan Albert Sichterman .

Philip van Dijk was a sought-after genre and portrait painter in both Middelburg and The Hague ; he also worked as a decorator and decorator .

His finely executed, smoothly painted figures, like his genre pictures and miniatures, followed the fashion of his time. He also worked as an art dealer. His collection of paintings was auctioned four months after his death on June 23, 1753, in The Hague, and that of his widow on November 26, 1763, also in The Hague.

Works by Philip van Dijk can be found in museums in Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Gotha and Kassel, among others. Jacobus Houbraken engraved several of Van Dijk's paintings in copper, including a self-portrait of the artist.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Lilienfeld: Dyk, Philipp van 1914, p. 403.
  2. ^ Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD): Marie Louise von Hessen-Kassel with her children , 1729 ( Memento from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ The portraits of the Sichterman family in the Groninger Museum (left to right)
  4. ^ Karl Lilienfeld: Dyk, Philipp van 1914, p. 403.
  5. ^ Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD): Dijk, Philip van ( Memento from January 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  6. ^ Karl Lilienfeld: Dyk, Philipp van 1914, p. 403.

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personal data
SURNAME Dijk, Philip van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dijks, Philip van; Dyck, Philip van; Dyck, Philip van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch genre and portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1683
PLACE OF BIRTH Oud-Beijerland
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1753
Place of death The hague