Dirck Van Der Lisse Biography
Dirck or Diderick van der Lisse (The Hague or Breda, 6 August 1607 or 1615 – The Hague, 31 January 1669) was a Dutch painter and draftsman of the Golden Age. He was a pupil of Cornelis van Poelenburch. He operated in Delft in 1625-1626, as evidenced by a will drawn up in this period. He subsequently moved to Utrecht where he remained until 1635, as evidenced by his presence in the list of members of the Reformed Church of Utrecht. From 1635 to 1640 he lived alternately in Utrecht and The Hague, where, in 1639, he married first Petronella van der Hove and secondly, on 3 April 1648, Maria Both van der Eem. In 1635, with his teacher and other painters, such as Abraham Bloemaert and Herman Saftleven II, he contributed to the decoration of the Huis Honselaersdijck palace of Frederick Henry of Orange. In particular, each painter created a painting representing a scene from Il pastor fido by Guarini. In 1642 his second son was born in Amsterdam, who died in the same year. Starting from 1644 he lived permanently in The Hague, where he joined the Guild of San Luca in 1644 and from 1659 to 1669 he became its mayor. In 1656 he was among the founding members of the Confrerie Pictura painters' brotherhood. He mainly dedicated himself to the representation of landscapes, in particular Italian landscapes, mythological and religious subjects, portraits. He often combined these genres with each other, for example mythological or religious scenes were inserted into landscapes. Its characteristic was the use of a particular shade of golden yellow. He also used the watercolor technique, proving to be cutting edge for those times.
