Dirk Valkenburg (1675, in Amsterdam – 1721, in Amsterdam), 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, and from 1706-1707 he travelled to Surinam to fascination the native plants and plants for the rich city secretary of Amsterdam, Jonas Witsen, who owned a plantation there and whom he met through his intellectual Musscher.
He is known for exotic landscapes, paintings of birds, and fruit and flower still lifes.
Since 2010 Dutch player Willem de Rooij has been working on the first monographic publication upon the cartoon and take action of Dirk Valkenburgh.
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