Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621-1674) Gerbrand van den Eeckhout was a man of many talents. Besides prints, drawings and paintings, he also illustrated books and designed gold and silver ornaments; his father was a jeweller. Van den Eeckhout lived in Amsterdam. He was apprenticed to Rembrandt in the 1640s, and the two became close friends. He adopted Rembrandt's use of chi...