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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Children in a Park 1671 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout The Infant Samuel brought by Hanna to the priest Eli ca. 1665 oil on panel Musée du Louvre |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout The Infant Samuel brought by Hanna to the priest Eli ca. 1660-65 oil on canvas Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Joseph and his Brothers 1657 oil on canvas Skokloster Castle, Sweden |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout The Continence of Scipio ca. 1650-66 oil on canvas Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Abraham and the Three Angels 1656 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Vertumnus and Pomona ca. 1669 oil on panel Indianapolis Museum of Art |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Bathsheba pleading with King David for the succession of Solomon ca. 1645 oil on canvas National Gallery, Prague |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Soldiers in a Guardroom before 1674 oil on panel Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Men Bathing ca. 1650-70 oil on panel Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Party on a Terrace 1652 oil on canvas Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Officers of the Guild of Coopers and Wine-Tappers 1673 oil on canvas Amsterdam Museum |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Portrait of a 12-year-old Boy 1653 oil on canvas Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Portrait of Jan Pietersz van den Eeckhout 1651 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Self Portrait 1659 oil on canvas Accademia Carrara, Bergamo |
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout – was born in Amsterdam on August 19, 1621, and died in his native city on September 22, 1674. Although his life and artistic career are scantily documented, Arnold Houbraken wrote that Van den Eeckhout was a favorite pupil and long-standing friend of Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). The dates of his apprenticeship to Rembrandt are unknown, but he most likely studied with the master during the latter half of the 1630s. His first dated paintings are from 1640. During his long and productive career Van den Eeckhout made history paintings, landscapes, portraits, and genre scenes. . . . The broad brushwork and powerful chiaroscuro effects of his religious and mythological paintings generally reflect the influence of Rembrandt and also that of his master's teacher, Pieter Lastman (1583-1633), whose paintings and drawings he would have seen in Rembrandt's workshop. Lastman's inspiration is particularly evident in the attention Van den Eeckhout paid to sumptuous attire and in his use of a stagelike platform on which to present his narrative. On the other hand, Van den Eeckhout executed his portraits and genre scenes in a refined and elegant manner that reflected a more Flemish pictorial tradition.
– from biographical notes by Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. and Lara Yeager-Crasselt at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC