A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin .. . painted landscapes,usually full of figures, but his favourite subjects were views of streets and buildings in thetowns of the Netherlands and on the Rhine. Owing to the unusual form of the G in hissignature his works are often assigned to his brother J. Berckheyde, who was a painter ofarchitecture and interiors and rarely of landscape. The signature of no. 44 is an instance ofthis. III. 44. View in Amsterdam. Sunlight; the facade of theStadhuis in shadow 1.; the Nieuwe
A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin .. . painted landscapes,usually full of figures, but his favourite subjects were views of streets and buildings in thetowns of the Netherlands and on the Rhine. Owing to the unusual form of the G in hissignature his works are often assigned to his brother J. Berckheyde, who was a painter ofarchitecture and interiors and rarely of landscape. The signature of no. 44 is an instance ofthis. III. 44. View in Amsterdam. Sunlight; the facade of theStadhuis in shadow 1.; the Nieuwe Kerk and other buildings facingthe spectator across square; figures, two of them Oriental, standingabout in square. Signed in lower 1. corner Panel, i 3J by 1 oj. Fitzwilliam. III. 47. View in Haarlem. Sunlight; view taken from undercolonnade at the corner of the Stadhuis : the Groote Kerk seen acrosssquare : groups of figures and market stalls in square. Signed on base of angle column <$& ^fckflyhe Panel, 1 & by 1 oj. piece to the foregoing: both are excellent examples of G.
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