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Gillis Gillisz de Bergh / Berch (before 1606-after 1669). Painter of still-lifes, notably fruit pieces. In Guild in 1624. Worked in Delft all of his life.

In 1638 he lived in a back annex of a house at the south end of Oude Delft. His father, a sail-maker from Ghent, paid tuition for training both Gillis and his brother Matheus as painters. Their uncle was the Delft silversmith Daniel de Bergh.

The Delft Prinsenhof museum owns a painting made between 1625 and 1650 showing a parrot, fruit and a costly chinese bowl, decorated with wan li-motives.

Aanvullende info door Jan Clavaux, Den Haag: "De gebroeders Gillis en Mattheus de Bergh zijn beiden vrijwel zeker geboren te Delft. De familie De Bergh was afkomstig uit Gent, maar de ouders van Gillis en Mattheus trouwden te Delft 18 juni 1589 (ondertrouw 3 juni). De bewaard gebleven doopboeken van Delft beginnen eerst in 1616.
Bruijn Harmensz Schinkel was een zoon van Harmen Jansz Schinkel, die 23 juli 1568 te Delft is terechtgesteld wegens het drukken van verboden boeken, en van diens vrouw Agniese Bruijnen Keijsers (Caesars)."

Note. RKD Bredius archive, artist folder, quoting Suyteinde when he marries in 1638. Montias Patrons/Bramer, p. 37. 'Sailmaker' in Montias, De stad Delft, 1981, p. 197. Saur IX, p. 235.

This page forms part of a large encyclopedic site on Delft. Research by Drs. Kees Kaldenbach (email). A full presentation is on view at johannesvermeer.info.

Launched 16 February 2005; Last update March 1, 2017. More info in the RKD site.