He was the son of the painter Dirck Pietersz. Bontapaert; he and his brothers adopted the surname of Santvoort. He was born in Amsterdam, and apparently spent all his life there. His style was rather old-fashioned, although he occasionally shows signs of Rembrandt's influence. He was a portrait painter.
Dirck Santvoort
1610/11 - 1680
Paintings by Dirck Santvoort
This picture is one of five portraits painted by Dirck Santvoort of the daughters of the Spiegel family showing the girls as personifications of the five senses. Here, the four-year-old Geertruyt Spiegel represents Touch and holds a finch that pecks her finger. Santvoort, a friend of Rembrandt,...
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