Hendrick Berckman
| Hendrick Berckman | |
|---|---|
 Henry Berckmans in Het Gulden Cabinet | |
| Born |
Hendrick 1629 Klundert |
| Died |
1679 (aged 49–50) Middelburg |
| Nationality | Netherlands |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Baroque |
Hendrick Berckman (1629 – buried 27 March 1679) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
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.
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Pendant Wedding portrait of Anna van Gelder, wife of De Ruyter, 1668.
References
- ↑ Hendrick Berckman in the RKD
- ↑ (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
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