Gerrit Lamberts (1776–1850) was a Dutch painter and curator of the Rijksmuseum when it was located in the Trippenhuis.
Lamberts was born in Amsterdam. He started out as a merchant selling paper and later became a watercolorist, draughtsman and engraver.Gerrit Lamberts in Bénézit He is known for topographic drawings of cityscapes, architectural views of buildings and his watercolors of art galleries. He was also a bookseller and became the curator of the museum in Amsterdam in 1825. He was a member of the Amsterdam academy which was housed in the same building.
Images 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.Interieurs belicht, Jaarboek Monumentenzorg, 2001 He wrote a catalog of the book collection of Jacobus Koning (1770-1832) in 1833.Catalogus der Letterkundige Nalatenschap van wijlen Jacobus Koning. IIde Deel. Boekwerken. Waarvan de verkooping zal plaats hebben op Maandag den 14 October 1833 en volgende dagen. (Nederduitsch en Fransch.) Te Amsterdam, bij L. van der Vinne en G. Lamberts. In gr. 8vo. XIX, 378 en XVII bl. f 1-50 Lamberts died in Amsterdam.
References
Gerrit Lamberts biography in the NNBW Collection of views of Amsterdam by Gerrit Lamberts in the Stadsarchief Amsterdam