Dirk Valkenburg (1675–1721)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• According to the RKD he was a pupil of Michiel van Musscher, Herman van Vollenhove, and Jan Weenix.

• In 1698 he worked in Vienna for the Prince of Liechtenstein.

• From 1706-1707 he travelled to Suriname to draw the native plants and birds for the wealthy city secretary of Amsterdam, Jonas Witsen, who owned a plantation there.

• He is known for exotic landscapes, paintings of birds, and fruit and flower still lifes.

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