Gerrit Lamberts (1770-1850)
Gerrit Lamberts (1776 - 1850) was an Amsterdam artist in the first half of the 19th century and one of the most important chroniclers of the ordinary image in Amsterdam in those days. Initially he earned his money as a paper merchant. In 1800 he got a job at the Town Hall on the Dam as a clerk. In 1805 he married, but his wife died four years later. In 1809 he was admitted to Felix Meritis. Around 1810 he began to make topographical drawings, which he sold to collectors.
Especially the quieter neighborhoods and courtyards were his subject. Collectors bought at that time prints of districts and their history that they gathered in an "atlas". The so-called Atlas-Split Gerber is owned by the city archives of Amsterdam. In 1824 he was appointed to the Trippenhuis, then Rijksmuseum, and began collecting himself. He lived his last years in the Trippenhuis and is buried there.
Especially the quieter neighborhoods and courtyards were his subject. Collectors bought at that time prints of districts and their history that they gathered in an "atlas". The so-called Atlas-Split Gerber is owned by the city archives of Amsterdam. In 1824 he was appointed to the Trippenhuis, then Rijksmuseum, and began collecting himself. He lived his last years in the Trippenhuis and is buried there.