Discover painter, draftsperson Abraham van Dijck

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: Dyck, Abraham van
Dijk, Abraham van

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Dordrecht (city) 1635
c. 1635. His year of birth is derived from a notarial deed in 1661 in Amsterdam, which states that he is then 25 years old (Saur 2000; De Witt 2020). According to Ecartico he was born in Dordrecht, where his father was born and where his parents got married; Willigen/Meijer 2003, p. 73 states without corroboration: probably born Amsterdam.

Deceased: Dordrecht (city) 1680-08/1680-08-27
buried on 27 August 1680; the identification by Bredius with an Abraham van Dijk who was buried in Amsterdam on 26 February 1672 is incorrect (Loughman 2006, p. 266, p. 268 and note 12)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Leendert van Dijck (c. 1583-1674) and Hilleken Matheus: the couple was married in Dordrecht on 9 August 1620. He had three sisters (Beatris (born 1623), Sara (born 1637) and Helena (born 1642) and three brothers, Mattheus (born 1629), Hugo and Jan (born 1631).

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1 hit in RKDlibrary as subject
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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1655 - 1667
dated works between 1655 and 1667

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Dordrecht (stad) 1648 - 1651
Amsterdam (stad) 1651 - 1654
De Witt 2020, p. 13; an apprenticeship with Rembrandt is not documented, but on stylistic grounds it is assumed that Abraham van Dijck was apprenticed to Rembrandt around 1650. His earliest signed and dated paintings date from 1655.
Dordrecht (stad) 1654 - 1660
probably returned to Dordrecht in 1654-1655. Based on Terwesten/Hoet 1770, is has wrongly been assumed that he also spent time in Alkmaar, for which is no archival evidence (Loughman 2006, p. 266; De Witt 2020, p. 14).
Amsterdam (stad) 1660 - 1661
returned to Amsterdam in or shortly before 1660 (De Witt 2020, p. 15-17, Loughman 2006, p. 267-268). Although is is not fully impossible that he spent time in England (c. 1662), it is very unlikely. The confusion stems from Houbraken and was adopted by Von Wurzbach and other authors. Beaujean in Saur 2000 rightly assumes that Houbraken apparently confuses Abraham with Anthony van Dyck when he mentions an Abraham van Dijck who painted modern compositions and spent most of his life in England. See also Loughman 2006, De Witt 2020.
Dordrecht (stad) 1667 - 1680
1667 last dated work, died in 1680 (Loughman 2006, p. 266, 273)

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Rembrandt
Saur 2000
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Netscher, Caspar
Brekelenkam, Quiringh van
Metsu, Gabriel

Saur 2000

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: Christian religious scene, portrait, architecture (genre), market scene, genre, still life

Medium/technique: oil paint

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 1 hit in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 2 (1719), p. 345
Terwesten/Hoet 1770 , p. 658
Van der Aa 1852-1878 , vol. 4 (1858), p. 452-453 (as: Abraham van Dijck)
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 1 (1906), p. 447-448 (as: Abraham van Dyck oder van der Eyck, genannt der Alkmaarsche oder holländische van Dyck)
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 10 (1914), p. 263 (as: Dyck, Abraham van (1635))
Molhuysen/Blok et al. 1911-1937 , vol. 3, p. 316
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 6 [1952]. p. 86 (as: Abraham Van Dyck)
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 87 (as: Dyck, Abraham van)
Sumowski 1979-1992 , vol. 3 (1980), p. 1247-1310
Sumowski 1983-1994 , vol. 1 (1983), p. 666-667
Saur 1992- , vol. 27 (2000), p. 372 (text: Dieter Beaujean) (as: Dijck, Abraham van)
Van der Willigen/Meijer 2003 , p. 73 (as: Abraham van Dijck)
Golahny/Mochizuki/Vergara 2006 , p. 265-278 (J. Loughman, 'Abraham van Dijck (1635?-1680), a Dordrecht painter in the shadow of Rembrandt')
De Witt/Van Sloten/Van der Veen 2015 , passim
De Witt 2020 , passim
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

A. Bredius, 'On Two Paintings Usually Ascribed to Rembrandt', The Burlington Magazine 21 (1912), p. 164-169
W. Liedtke, 'Rembrandt's "Workshop" revisited', Oud Holland 117 (2004), p. 48-73 (esp. p. 68)

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Project: RemBench
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External links: this artist in Ecartico

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Creation date: 1991-12-14; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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