Christoffel van den Berghe

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Christoffel van den Berghe (c. 1590 – c. 1645)

• Was a Flemish-born Dutch Golden Age painter.
• It is believed that he was born in Antwerp and that his family left Flanders to settle in Middelburg.
• He may have trained under Ambrosius Bosschaert.
• In 1619 he registered in the Guild of St. Luke in Middelburg.
• In 1621 he was dean of the Guild.
• He bought a house in Middelburg in 1621 which he still owned in 1628.
• Johannes Goedaert was his pupil.
• He primarily painted in two genres: landscapes and flower still lifes.
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Christoffel van den Berghe, Still Life with Flowers in a Vase, 1617

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-2020.

Christoffel van den Berghe, Still Life with Flowers in a Vase, 1617

Christoffel van den Berghe, Still Life with Flowers in a Vase, 1617

Christoffel van den Berghe, Still Life with Flowers in a Vase, 1617

Christoffel van den Berghe, Still Life with Flowers in a Vase, 1617

Christoffel van den Berghe, Still Life with Dead Birds, 1624

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Christoffel van den Berghe, Still Life with Dead Birds, 1624

Christoffel van den Berghe, Still Life with Dead Birds, 1624

Christoffel van den Berghe, Still Life with Dead Birds, 1624

Christoffel van den Berghe, Still Life with Dead Birds, 1624

Christoffel van den Berghe, Still Life with Dead Birds, 1624

Christoffel van den Berghe, A Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters and an Imaginary Castle, ca. 1615–20

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.