Gerrit Lamberts

Gerrit Lamberts
Self portrait (1840)
Born	19 October 1776 Amsterdam
Died	16 April 1850 Amsterdam
Nationality	Dutch
Known for	Topographic drawings of Amsterdam

Gerrit Lamberts(1776–1850) was a Dutch painter and curator of theRijksmuseumwhen it was located in theTrippenhuis.

Lamberts was born inAmsterdam.He started out as a merchant selling paper and later became a watercolorist, draughtsman and engraver.He is known for topographic drawings of cityscapes, architectural views of buildings and his watercolors of art galleries. He was also a bookseller and became the curator of the museum in Amsterdam in 1825. He was a member of the Amsterdam academy which was housed in the same building.

Images

Two of the main display rooms of the Trippenhuis-Museum

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  The Trippenhuis in the 1830s
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Two views of the print room of the Trippenhuis-Museum

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His views of the print room include a self-portrait, and the paintings hanging on the walls were modern works that later were moved to thePaviljoen WelgelegeninHaarlem,which became the national museum of "living masters", or modern art. He wrote a catalog of the book collection of Jacobus Koning (1770-1832) in 1833. Lamberts died inAmsterdam.

References

• Gerrit Lambertsbiography in theNNBW
• Collection of views of Amsterdamby Gerrit Lamberts in theStadsarchief Amsterdam