Hendrick Berckman
Hendrick Berckman | |
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 Henry Berckmans in Het Gulden Cabinet | |
| Born | Hendrick 1629 |
| Died | 1679 (aged 49–50) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Baroque |
Hendrick Berckman (1629 – buried 27 March 1679) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography[edit]
He was a pupil of Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert and Jacob Jordaens in Antwerp, and spent some time in Haarlem studying with Philip Wouwermans.[1] He is registered in Leiden from 1652 to 1654, and in 1655 he settled in Middleburg. Though he trained as a landscape painter, he is most known today for his portraits of respected members of the elite.
According to Houbraken, he was a promising young painter of "batalje" or small-scale battle-pieces, who was advised by Jacob Jordaens to try making large paintings, which he did.[2]
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Wedding portrait of Michiel de Ruyter, painted in 1668. -
Pendant Wedding portrait of Anna van Gelder, wife of De Ruyter, 1668.
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References[edit]
- ^ Hendrick Berckman in the RKD
- ^ (in Dutch) Hendrick Berckman biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
External links[edit]
Media related to Hendrick Berckman at Wikimedia Commons
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