Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde
Paintings
The Plaats with the Binnenhof and the Gevangenpoort. The Hague
The Golden Bend in the Herengracht, Amsterdam, Seen from the East
The town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam
View of the Binnenhof. The Hague
The Market Place and the Grote Kerk at Haarlem
The Nieuwezijds Voorburgswal with the Flower Market Amsterdam
The Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal with the Flower Market in Amsterdam
The Interior of the Grote Kerk. Haarlem
The Market Place and Town Hall. Haarlem
The Market Place and Town Hall, Haarlem
Heidelberg, view from the northern bank of the river
Cologne, square image with St. Gereon and St. Maria im Kapitol
Cologne, St. Maria im Kapitol, atrium (detail)
The Grote Markt in Haarlem with St. Bravo
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The Golden Bend in the Herengracht, Amsterdam, Seen from the East
Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638 – 10 June 1698) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, active in Haarlem, Amsterdam, and The Hague, who is best known today for his cityscapes. Berckheyde was born and died in Haarlem. Christened as an infant 6 June 1638, he was the younger brother (by eleven years) and student of the painter Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde. Golden-age historian Arnold Houbraken claimed that Job had been trained as a bookbinder by his father, and could not discover who taught him to paint. Gerrit in turn learned from his older brother.[2] Job's teacher must have been a Haarlem master, and some claim it was Frans Hals, but Houbraken claimed he travelled as a journeyman between Leiden and Utrecht offering his services as a portrait painter and learned by doing. During the 1650s the two brothers made an extended trip along the Rhine to Germany, stopping off at Cologne, Bonn, Mannheim and finally Heidelberg.[2] The brothers worked in Heidelberg for Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, where they were both awarded a golden medal for their efforts, but were ultimately unable to adapt to court life and so returned to Haarlem, where they shared a house and studio.[2] Gerrit became a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke on 27 July 1660.[3] He was followed by the painter Adriaen Oudendijck.[1]
Works
Interior of St. Bavochurch, Haarlem
According to the RKD he was a painter known for his Italianate landscapes as well as portraits and cavalry pieces.[1] His influences include Pieter Saenredam's style (for church interiors), refined draughtsmanship and dispassionate attitude—in short, the qualities of "Dutch Classicism", akin to Vermeer. Berckheyde favoured views of monuments on large open squares, rather than giving up clarity for the sake of pictorial effect by painting views along canals as the other great Dutch cityscape painter, Jan van der Heyden, did.
References
Gerrit Adriaensz Berkheyde in the RKD
(Dutch) Gerrit Adriaensz Berkheyde Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
De archiefbescheiden van het St. Lukasgilde te Haarlem 1497-1798, Hessel Miedema, 1980, ISBN 90-6469-584-9
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