Barend Dircksz
Barend Dircksz | |
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Portrait of Doove Barend in an 18th-century illustrated version of Karel van Mander's schilder-boeck. He is shown below Allaert Claesz. | |
| Born | 1500 |
| Died | 1577 (aged 76–77) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Children | Dirck Barendsz |
Barend Dircksz or Deaf Barend (1500 – 1577) was a Dutch Renaissance painter from Amsterdam.
What little we know of him was written in passing by Karel van Mander, who included a biography of his son, Dirck Barendsz. According to Van Mander who was writing in 1604, Dirck Barendsz's father was known as dooven or deaf Barent and he painted a piece dated 1535 which was then still hanging in the Amsterdam City Hall and which depicted a mob of members of a strange sect who wished to take over the city. Van Mander wrote that this painting was somewhat unsettling to see but not badly done for his day.