Gerrit Lamberts

Gerrit Lamberts (1776 – 1850) was a Dutch painter and curator of the Rijksmuseum when it was located in the Trippenhuis.

Gerrit Lamberts
Born	19 October 1776 Amsterdam
Died	16 April 1850 Amsterdam
Nationality	Netherlands

Lamberts was born in Amsterdam and became a watercolorist, draughtsman and engraver.[1] He is known for landscapes, architectural views, and his watercolors of art galleries. He was also a bookseller and became curator of the museum in Amsterdam in 1825. He was a member of the Amsterdam academy, which was housed in the same building.[1]

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 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

1. Gerrit Lamberts in Bénézit
2. Interieurs belicht, Jaarboek Monumentenzorg, 2001
3. 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

• Gerrit Lamberts biography in the NNBW
• Collection of views of Amsterdam by Gerrit Lamberts in the Stadsarchief Amsterdam