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Artist: BERCKHEYDE, Gerrit Adriaensz.
Painting: The town hall on the Dam, Amsterdam
Painting ID: 98386
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BERCKHEYDE, Gerrit Adriaensz. The town hall on the Dam, Amsterdam

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.

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