EECKHOUT, GERBRAND VAN DEN Dutch painter, born at Amsterdam on Aug. 19, 1621, was a pupil of Rembrandt. He assumed Rembrandt's manner with such suc cess that his pictures were confounded with those of his master. As ,evidence of the fidelity of Eeckhout's imitation we may cite his "Presentation in the Temple," at Berlin, which is executed after Rembrandt's print of 163o, and his "Tobit with the Angel," at Brunswick, which is composed on the same background as Rem brandt's "Philosopher in Thought." His earliest pieces are prob ably those in which he more faithfully reproduced Rembrandt's peculiarities. Exclusively his is a tinge of green in shadows mar ring the harmony of the work, a certain gaudiness of jarring tints, uniform surface, and a touch more quick than subtle. Besides the pictures already mentioned we should class amongst early produc tions on this account the "Woman taken in Adultery," at Amster dam, the "Resurrection of the Daughter of Jairus" at Berlin; the "Presentation in the Temple" at Dresden; the "Lady at the Dress ing table" (1643) at Vienna; "Anna presenting her Son to the High Priest," in the Louvre, Paris; the "Epiphany," at Turin; and the "Circumcision," at Cassel. Eeckhout matriculated early in the Gild of Amsterdam. As he grew older he succeeded best in portraits, a very fair example of which is that of the historian Dappers (1669), in the Stadel collection and that of the four chiefs of the Wine Gild at the National Gallery, London. Eeckhout occasionally varied his style so as to recall in later years the "small masters" of the Dutch school. Waagen justly draws attention to his following of Terburg in "Gambling Soldiers," and a "Soldiers' Merrymaking," in the collection of the marquess of Bute. A "Sportsman with Hounds," probably executed in 167o, now in the Vander Hoo gallery, and a "Group of Children with Goats" (1671 ), in the Hermitage, Leningrad, hardly exhibit a trace of the artist's first education. Amongst the best of Eeckhout's works "Christ in the Temple" (1662), at Munich, and the "Haman and Mordecai" of 1665, at Luton House, occupy a good place. He also executed some engravings. Eeckhout died at Amsterdam on Sept.
22, 1674.