Dirk de Graeff

Dirk de Graeff (Amsterdam, February 1, 1601 - April 26, 1637 ibid) was a Dutch 17th-century regent who belonged to the States Party.

Like his older brother Cornelis de Graeff he studied law in Leiden[3] and received his doctorate there.

In 1626 he undertook together with his brother Cornelis and Willem Nooms, Lord van Aarlanderveen (he was the father of an illegitimate daughter named Margaretha, whom he, together with Dirk's sister Wendela de Graeff had) an extensive Cavaliersreise, which took them to Paris, Orléans, Blois, Nantes, La Rochelle, Poitiers and in 1628 brought it back to the capital.

[5][1] He belonged to the powerful states-oriented Bicker-De Graeff faction of the city, led by his father Jacob and his cousin Andries Bicker.

These are two unsigned works identified by their similarity to a painted portrait of De Graeff by an unknown painter.