Dirk Meerkerk

Dirk Meerkerk (1620, Gouda – 1660, Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was born in the former brewery "Van den Passer" in the Keizerstraat, and travelled to Rome.[1] He lived in Rome with the Bishop of Nantes, Gabriel de Beauvau Rivau, and returned to Gouda only to drown soon after when he fell into a canal on the way back from a funeral.[1] He was mentioned in Ignatius Walvis "Beschrijvinge van Gouda" as an able painter who travelled to Rome "by his art", meaning he paid his way with his talents.[2]

No known works survive.

References

  1. 1 2 (Dutch) Dirk Meerkerk Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. ↑ Beschryving der stad Gouda, by Ignatius Walvis, in Google books, 1714, p 337
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