Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde

Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde (1638-1698) Gerrit Berckheyde was baptised on 6 June 1638 in Haarlem. He was apprenticed to his elder brother, Job Berckheyde and to Frans Hals. He and his brother worked in Heidelberg for a while for the Elector Palatine. In around 1660, he returned to Haarlem and in the summer of that year was admitted to the local St Luke’s guild of artists...