Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638 – 1698),

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• Berckheyde was born and died in Haarlem.
• He was the younger brother (by eleven years) and student of the painter Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde.
• Gerrit in turn learned from his older brother.
• During the 1650s the two brothers made an extended trip along the Rhine to Germany, stopping off at Cologne, Bonn, Mannheim and finally Heidelberg.
• The brothers worked in Heidelberg for Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, where they were both awarded a golden medal for their efforts.
• They were ultimately unable to adapt to court life and so returned to Haarlem, where they shared a house and studio.
• Gerrit became a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke on 27 July 1660.
• He was followed by the painter Adriaen Oudendijck.
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