Dirck de Bray Flowers in a White Stone Vase 1671 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
Dirck de Bray Still Life with Bouquet in the Making 1674 oil on panel Mauritshuis, The Hague |
Dirck de Bray Flowers in a Glass Vase 1674 oil and watercolor on paper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Dirck de Bray Still Life with Dead Hare and Falcon in a Niche 1678 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
Dirck de Bray and/or Salomon de Bray Bookshop Interior ca. 1656 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Dirck de Bray and/or Salomon de Bray Bookshop Interior ca. 1656 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Dirck de Bray and/or Salomon de Bray Frame Maker's Shop ca. 1656 drawing British Museum |
Dirck de Bray and/or Salomon de Bray Frame Maker's Shop ca. 1656 drawing British Museum |
Dirck de Bray Ruins of Brederode Castle 1674 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Dirck de Bray Instruments of the Passion 1677 woodcut Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Dirck de Bray after Jan de Bray Christ on the Cross before 1680 woodcut Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Dirck de Bray Head of a Bearded Man before 1680 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Dirck de Bray Portrait of Willem Bartjens ca. 1660 woodcut Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Dirck de Bray after Jan de Bray Portrait of Salomon de Bray 1664 engraving Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
Dirck de Bray Self Portrait ca. 1660 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
"Dirck de Bray was born in Haarlem, the son of the painter and architect, Salomon de Bray [and younger brother of the better-known painter Jan de Bray]. Dirck de Bray spent his entire career in Haarlem. In 1656 he became a bookbinder's assistant, but at the same time, according to Houbraken, he also made sketches after his father's paintings. He was also a skilled printmaker, in etching and particularly in woodcut. He entered the Guild of St. Luke in 1671, but in the late 1670s he entered the Gaesdonck monastery near Goch in Brabant and served there as a lay brother until his death."
– from a biographical sketch at the National Gallery, London