Dirk de Quade van Ravesteyn (1565 – 1620),
• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• He was active in the court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• He was probably born in the Hague where his father Claes was a member of a family of artists.
• He is considered an important member of the internationally known Prague school of Dutch and Flemish painting under Emperor Rudolf II (who reigned from 1576 to his death in 1612).
• Quade van Ravesteyn was successful enough to own his own house in the Malá Strana in 1598.
• After Rudolf's death in 1612 he was succeeded by Matthias who died in 1619 and in that year Quade van Ravesteyn was mentioned as a creditor of both emperors.
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Hans Vredeman de Vries, Paul Vredeman de Vries. Dirk de Quade van Ravesteyn - Palace architecture with musicians (1596)
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-2020. 
Hans Vredeman de Vries, Paul Vredeman de Vries, Dirk de Quade van Ravesteyn, Palace architecture with distinguished visitors, around 1596
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-2020. 
Hans Vredeman de Vries, Paul Vredeman de Vries, Dirk de Quade van Ravesteyn, Palace architecture with distinguished visitors, around 1596
Dirk de Quade van Ravesteyn, Resting Venus, around 1608
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-2020. 
Dirk de Quade van Ravesteyn, Resting Venus, around 1608
