Dirck Cornelis de Hooch

Background

Born in 1613 at The Hague, he was a son of a Dutch bailiff, Cornelis de Hooch and his wife Jannetje Dirx van Doverschey.

Career

He was Gerrit de Hooch"s uncle. He painted portraits and was a pupil of painter Pieter Quast. Dirk Cornelisz murdered a fish seller called Stouthart in The Hague.

Presumably for this reason, he fled to Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad), but is mentioned again in The Hague in 1651 repeatedly harassing verbally a certain Magdaleentje Ariens Colijns.

Connections

Friend:

January Jansz Buesem