Hendrick Van Der Burgh
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Hendrick van der Burgh (also spelled "van der Burch";
baptised Baptism (from ) is a Christians, Christian sacrament of initiation almost invariably with the use of water. It may be performed by aspersion, sprinkling or affusion, pouring water on the head, or by immersion baptism, immersing in water eit ...
27 June 1627 – after 1665), was a
Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the '' Rampjaar'' occurred. During this period, Dutch trade, scientific development ...
painter known for his
genre scenes Genre art is the pictorial representation in any of various media of scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, work, and street scenes. Such representations (also called genre works, ...
. He was related to contemporary
Pieter de Hooch Pieter Hendricksz. de Hooch (; also spelled ''Hoogh'' or ''Hooghe''; 20 December 1629  – after 1683), was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary, in the ...
, as step brother following the marriage of his sister, Jannetge, to de Hooch. He is considered part of the Delft School, although his artistic output was relatively small, he is known for prints and portraits, with the monogram "HVB".Hendrick van der Burgh
in the
RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: ), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center in the world. The center specializes in document ...


Biography


Early life and training

Hendrick van der Burgh was baptised in
Naaldwijk Naaldwijk () is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 10 km (6 miles) southwest of The Hague. Naaldwijk lies in the heart of Westland. The largest economic sector is g ...
, a village near
Delft Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...
, on 27 June 1627. Hendrick had at least four sisters: Annetje, Jacomina, Maria, and Trijntge. His father, Rochus Hendricksz van der Burgh, was a candlemaker. Jannetje de Hooch, the wife of the painter Pieter de Hooch, has been identified as either a sister of Van der Burgh. The Van der Burgh family lived in Honselaarsdijk at the time of Hendrick's birth and moved to
Voorburg Voorburg () is a town and former municipality in the west part of the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Together with the town Leidschendam and the village Stompwijk, it merged into the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg in 2002. Sit ...
in 1633. They later moved to Delft, where they lived on the Binnenwatersloot. Van der Burgh may have received his training as a painter in Delft, although sources do not name his teacher.


Artistic career

Van der Burgh joined the
Guild of Saint Luke The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was iden ...
in Delft on 25 January 1649. He paid a six
guilder Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch and German ''gulden'', originally shortened from Middle High German ''guldin pfenninc'' (" gold penny"). This was the term that became current in the southern and western parts of the Holy Rom ...
registration fee, rather than the 12 guilder fee usually charged to people born outside of Delft. Van der Burgh signed a notarial document with Pieter de Hooch on 5 August 1652. This is the earliest evidence of De Hooch's residence in Delft. By 4 September 1655, Van der Burgh had moved to
Leiden Leiden ( ; ; in English language, English and Archaism, archaic Dutch language, Dutch also Leyden) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Nethe ...
. He married Cornelia Cornelisdr van Rossum in November 1655. The couple had five children, including a son named Rochus, who also became a painter. In January 1656, the couple rented a house on the
Rapenburg Rapenburg is a neighbourhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The main street is also called Rapenburg. Rapenburg is located in the centre of Amsterdam, on the northeastern side, close to the IJ. As of the year 2022, its population was 990. Rapenbur ...
canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...
in Leiden. Although the date he joined is unknown, Van der Burgh was a member of the Leiden painters' guild. He and his family had moved to
Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
by May 1659. By 1661, Van der Burgh had moved back to Leiden. A 1664 record of Van der Burgh paying dues to the Delft painters' guild is the last surviving record that mentions him. The date of his death is unknown. His last child was baptised in Leiden in 1666, which suggests that he died no earlier than 1665.


Artistic influences and style

Van der Burgh's early work consisted of guardroom scenes, which were influenced by the work of Jacob Duck, Cornelis Duyster, and
Anthonie Palamedesz Anthonie Palamedesz., also Antonie Palamedesz, birth name Antonius Stevens (1602 in Leith, ScotlandM. Westhoff, 'Fragmentgenealogie van Palamedes Stevensz', Gens Nostra 73 (2018), p. 188-189 – 27 November 1673 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch po ...
. His later work included outdoor scenes. Sources describe Van der Burgh's painting as being heavily dependent on the work of other Dutch artists, particularly Pieter de Hooch. One source notes that Van der Burgh's outdoor scenes are "unthinkable without the inspiration of De Hooch's . . . courtyards". De Hooch's influence can be found in Van der Burgh's ''A Woman and Child at a Window'', noting similarities in the "careful perspectival construction and ''
contre-jour Contre-jour (; ) is a photographic technique in which the camera is pointing directly toward a light source, source of light, as well as an equivalent technique of painting. Description Before its use in photography, contre-jour was used in pa ...
'' lighting". However, this source also notes that the niche motif and still life details in this piece may have been inspired by paintings that Van der Burgh saw after he moved to Leiden. One source describes Van der Burgh's style as "eclectic", "derivative rather than original", and "charming".


References


External links


Hendrick van der Burgh
on
Artnet Artnet.com is an art market website. It is operated by Artnet Worldwide Corporation, which has headquarters in New York City. It is owned by Artnet AG, a German publicly-traded company based in Berlin that is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Ex ...
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burgh, Hendrick van der 1627 births 1664 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Leiden Painters from Delft Dutch genre painters