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BERCKHEYDE, Gerrit Adriaensz.
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The_town_hall_on_the_Dam,_Amsterdam
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1693(1693)_
Medium_oil_on_canvas_
Dimensions_Height:_52_cm_(20.5_in)._Width:_63_cm_(24.8_in).
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The town hall on the Dam, Amsterdam
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Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 52 cm (20.5 in). Width: 63 cm (24.8 in).
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Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1638-1698
Brother of Job Berckheyde. Gerrit specialized in a particular type of architectural subject, the TOWNSCAPE. His painted work shows a debt not only to Pieter Saenredam's conception of the building portrait but also to Saenredam's refined draughtsmanship and dispassionate attitude; these qualities mark Berckheyde as a classicist and akin to Vermeer. Berckheyde favoured views of monuments on large open squares, a choice that distinguishes him from the other great Dutch townscape painter, Jan van der Heyden, who preferred views along canals in which clarity was sacrificed for pictorial effect.
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