G. W. Berckhout Sold at Auction Prices

f - G.W. BERCKHOUT ACTIVE IN ALKMAAR CIRCA 1651 - 1657

THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER LADY A VIEW OF THE CASTLE OF EGMOND WITH FIGURES ON A PATH AND FISHERMEN IN FRONT OF THE CASTLE measurements note 71.1 by 103.4 cm. traces of a signature lower centre: G.W. BER... oil on panel, unframed PROVENANCE J.C. Schlingemann, The Hague, by 1955 LITERATURE H.-U. Beck, Künstler um Jan van Goyen, Maler und Zeichner, Doornspijk 1991, p. 71, no. 136, reproduced. NOTE Little is known of the artist G.W. Berckhout, whose work is closely connected to that of the Van der Croos family from Alkmaar. While the Van der Croos family moved to The Hague, and concentrated mainly on subjects in the surroundings of that city., Berckhout seems to have stayed in Alkmaar, repeatedly painting the abbey and castle of Egmond nearby.