Job Berckheyde
(1630–1693) Dutch painter (1630–1693)
Job Berckheyde (1630–1693) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Job Berckheyde belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Job Berckheyde was born in Haarlem and died in Haarlem. Job Berckheyde studied under Jacob Willemsz de Wet. Wikidata associates Job Berckheyde with Baroque. Job Berckheyde became a member of Haarlem Guild of St. Luke and Amsterdam Guild of St. Luke. The students included Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde.
The best-known works include ‘View of a Dutch Canal, possibly the Oude Gracht in Haarlem’, ‘Portrait of Nicolaes Eichelberg (d 1699), Haarlem merchant and husband of Helena van der Schalke’, and ‘Interior of the church of St. Bavo, Haarlem’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 23 works by Job Berckheyde with free images. The dated works span the years 1650–1700. Works by Job Berckheyde are held by several collections, among them Frans Hals Museum, Mauritshuis, Rijksmuseum, and collection Adriaan van der Hoop.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts, Simon Johannes Van Douw, Maria van Oosterwyck, Lambert van Haven, and Jean-Baptiste Mathey.