Gerrit Lamberts

Dutch painter and curator

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 the Rijksmuseum when it was located in the Trippenhuis.

Lamberts was born in Amsterdam. He started out as a merchant selling paper and later became a watercolorist, draughtsman and engraver.^[1] 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.^[1]

Images

Two of the main display rooms of the Trippenhuis-Museum

The Trippenhuis in the 1830s

Two views of the print room of the Trippenhuis-Museum

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 the Paviljoen Welgelegen in Haarlem, which became the national museum of "living masters", or modern art.^[2] He wrote a catalog of the book collection of Jacobus Koning (1770-1832) in 1833.^[3] Lamberts died in Amsterdam.

References

^ ^a ^b Gerrit Lamberts in Bénézit
^ Interieurs belicht, Jaarboek Monumentenzorg, 2001
^ Catalogus der Letterkundige Nalatenschap van wijlen Jacobus Koning. IIde Deel. Boekwerken. Waarvan de verkooping zal plaats hebben op Maandag den 14 October 1833 en volgende dagen. (Nederduitsch en Fransch.) Te Amsterdam, bij L. van der Vinne en G. Lamberts. In gr. 8vo. XIX, 378 en XVII bl. f 1-50