Gerrit Lamberts

Gerrit Lamberts (1776–1850) was a Dutch painter and curator of the Rijksmuseum when it was located in the Trippenhuis.

He started out as a merchant selling paper and later became a watercolorist, draughtsman and engraver.

[1] He is known for topographic drawings of cityscapes, architectural views of buildings and his watercolors of art galleries.

[1] Two of the main display rooms of the Trippenhuis-Museum Two views of the print room of the Trippenhuis-Museum His views of the print room include a self-portrait, and the paintings hanging on the walls were modern works that later were moved to the Paviljoen Welgelegen in Haarlem, which became the national museum of "living masters", or modern art.

[2] He wrote a catalog of the book collection of Jacobus Koning (1770-1832) in 1833.