# Conversation outside a Castle

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DELEN, Dirck van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on panel

## Commentary

Dirck van Delen, sometime municipal official and burgomaster of Arnemuiden, painted church interiors and Renaissance palaces in the Vredeman de Vries and Steenwijck style.

## Related artworks

- [A Family beside the Tomb of Willem I in the Nieuwe Kerk, Delft](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df/a-family-beside-the-tomb-of-willem-i-in-the-nieuwe-kerk-delft-r7674ec6b034d48>)
- [An Interior with Ladies and Gentlemen Dining](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df/an-interior-with-ladies-and-gentlemen-dining-r4057cc5e1b3044>)
- [Architectural Capriccio with Jephthah and His Daughter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df/architectural-capriccio-with-jephthah-and-his-daughter-r9973ce4e0a919d>)
- [Church Interior with the Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df/church-interior-with-the-parable-of-the-pharisee-and-the-publican-rbd4db3e51ad205>)
- [Distinguished Dinner Company in an Interior \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df/distinguished-dinner-company-in-an-interior-detail-r7fe333932a874c>)
- [Distinguished Dinner Company in an Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df/distinguished-dinner-company-in-an-interior-rc6f73bc696af9a>)
- [Elegant Figures in a Loggia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df/elegant-figures-in-a-loggia-r421f7963084115>)
- [Figures Strolling under a Palace Loggia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df/figures-strolling-under-a-palace-loggia-rbfeb0397d58444>)
- [Imaginary Church Interior \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df/imaginary-church-interior-detail-r8b6d396fe9c012>)
- [Imaginary Church Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df/imaginary-church-interior-rf16205dcd2103b>)
- [Interior of an Imaginary Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df/interior-of-an-imaginary-church-r5da24755d9dd6b>)
- [Interior Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/delen-dirck-van-r88a661e6d3b0df/interior-scene-r06c5f8ea242dc4>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)