WIJNTRACK, Dirck - b. 1615 Heusden, d. 1678 Den Haag - WGA

WIJNTRACK, Dirck

(b. 1615 Heusden, d. 1678 Den Haag)

Dutch painter. He was sibling by marriage (in-law) of Ludolf de Jongh. He is known for his paintings of wildfowl and there is evidence that he often worked with Jan Wynants and Joris van der Haagen on landscape paintings during the 1650s.

He married in Rotterdam in 1646 and worked in Gouda during the years 1651-1655. He worked in Schoonhoven in the year 1655, and moved to The Hague in 1657 where he settled.

A Buzzard Attacks Two Ducks
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A Buzzard Attacks Two Ducks

In this landscape at the waterfront of a river a buzzard attacks two ducks.

Geese and Ducks at a Forest Lake
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Geese and Ducks at a Forest Lake

This painting is a collaborative work of Joris Abrahamsz. van der Haagen and Dirck Wijntrack. Van der Haagen painted the landscape (the woodland and the grass in the foreground), while Wijntrack, a specialist in wildfowls, executed the birds. Although two artists worked on this painting, it nevertheless forms a single entity.

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