About Dirk de Vrije
Lived 1620 – 1681 (aged 60–61). Dirk de Vrije was a Dutch painter and politician.
Dirk de Vrije (1620, Gouda – 1681, Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age glass painter.
Biography According to the RKD he was probably related to the glass painter Adriaan Gerritsz de Vrije, who was active in the Janskerk (Gouda). According to van der Aa he was a pupil of Wouter Crabeth II, If he was active for the Janskerk, he may perhaps have been the assistant of Adriaan de Vrije, since he was mentioned along with him in Ignatius Walvis' Description of Gouda in 1714. He is listed as mayor (burgermeester) of Gouda and city mason (fabrykmeester) in 1674–1681. He died while mayor of Gouda.
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Who was Dirk de Vrije?
painter from the Northern Netherlands (1620-1681)
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Dirk de Vrije was born in 1620.
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Dirk de Vrije died in 1681 in Gouda.
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Dirk de Vrije was a painter and politician.
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Dirk de Vrije was Dutch.
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