Thursday, September 5, 2024

 Hermanus Koekkoek
(1815 – 1882)
 
Hermanus Koekkoek, sometimes referred to as The Elder was a Dutch painter, etcher, and graphic artist. He specialized in marine art.
He was a member of the famous Koekkoek Painting Family [nl]; the son of Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek, and brother of the landscape painters, Barend Cornelis, Johannes [de] and Marinus Adrianus. His sons, Hermanus (the Younger), Willem, Johannes Hermanus Barend, and Hendrik Barend [nl], all became painters. He also had three daughters.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermanus_Koekkoek

Boats on the Nieuwer-Amstel River
1860
Oil on canvas
23,4 x 35,8 cm
Private collection

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