Koekkoek was active in Amsterdam; some of his paintings are accurate representations of that city. He was a member of a family of painters who specialised in landscapes and topographical pictures based on 17th-century models.
Willem Koekkoek
1839 - 1895
Paintings by Willem Koekkoek
This painting shows a romanticised view of peasant life in Oudewater, a small town on the River Ijssel situated between Gouda and Utrecht. Clothes have been hung out to dry in the sunshine, chickens peck at the cobbled street and a man dangles a makeshift fishing rod into the river in the hope of...
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