his lifestyle and prevented dismissal. In 1676, he was made a baronet by Charles II, paying a large amount of money. He was appointed as colonel in the Schutterij, the Dutch volunteer city guard. As a widower, he remarried Katharina Resteau. From that marriage came four children, but both sons, twins, died young. His second wife was painted twice. With the death of Dirck Tulp the male line of the Tulp family died out. Dirck's daughter would later marry the mayor of Amsterdam, and specialist in trade with Russia, Nicolaes Witsen. References External links Diederik Tulp in 1653 Diederik Tulp in the Six collection; article NYT. Tulpenburgh on the Amstel Museumpraat Dutch East India Company people from Amsterdam 1624 births 1682 deaths 17th-century Dutch people