Australian, 1851-1912 Related Paintings of John Ford Paterson :. | Portrait of Caterina de' Medici | Portrait of Bedi | Apparition of the Virgin and Child and San Gennaro at the Miraculous Oil Lamp | farmers in the capital | Pope Paul III | Related Artists: William Pitt fl.1853-1890
BERCKHEYDE, Gerrit Adriaensz. Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1638-1698
Brother of Job Berckheyde. Gerrit specialized in a particular type of architectural subject, the TOWNSCAPE. His painted work shows a debt not only to Pieter Saenredam's conception of the building portrait but also to Saenredam's refined draughtsmanship and dispassionate attitude; these qualities mark Berckheyde as a classicist and akin to Vermeer. Berckheyde favoured views of monuments on large open squares, a choice that distinguishes him from the other great Dutch townscape painter, Jan van der Heyden, who preferred views along canals in which clarity was sacrificed for pictorial effect. Ludwig Passini Austrian, 1832-1903