Dirk DalensDirk Dalens the Younger was a Dutch painter.Image:D. Dalens II A hawking party.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A hawking party in a wooded parkland with a view of a water fountain and a villa beyond. ca. 1680BiographyHe was a student of his father, Willem Dalens, and his grandfather Dirck Dalens the Elder, who specialized in landscapes. He died young at the age of 29, leaving his wife pregnant with Dirk Dalens III.