# JACOBSZ., Dirck

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1496–1567
- Profession: painter
- School: Flemish

## Biography

Dirck Jacobsz, the son of Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen was one of the first artists to specialize in portraiture. In 1529 he also painted the first portrait of a civic guard association, which was to became a Dutch speciality. He was later eclipsed by Anthonis Mor of Utrecht, court painter to the Spanish Netherlands.

## Related artworks

- [A Group of Guardsmen of the Amsterdam Kloveniersdoelen \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobsz-dirck-rbb48f8755216f5/a-group-of-guardsmen-of-the-amsterdam-kloveniersdoelen-detail-rf11bac8ae1611f>)
- [A Group of Guardsmen of the Amsterdam Kloveniersdoelen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobsz-dirck-rbb48f8755216f5/a-group-of-guardsmen-of-the-amsterdam-kloveniersdoelen-ra019b5bc014615>)
- [Group Portrait of the Amsterdam Shooting Corporation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobsz-dirck-rbb48f8755216f5/group-portrait-of-the-amsterdam-shooting-corporation-r392ffc91c4eeb2>)
- [Group Portrait of the Amsterdam Shooting Corporation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobsz-dirck-rbb48f8755216f5/group-portrait-of-the-amsterdam-shooting-corporation-r8210b58678b4e6>)
- [Pompeius Occo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobsz-dirck-rbb48f8755216f5/pompeius-occo-rf51a3d109a0acc>)

## Attribution

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