Koekkoek Family of Dutch Painters
Hendrik Barend Koekkoek (1849 to 1909) descended from a prestigious family of painters, beginning with Hermanus Koekkoek (1815 to 1882) and spanning three generations. The Koekkoek family was an artistic dynasty in the Dutch traditions of genre, landscape and marine painting. Hendrik Barend was of the second generation; son of Hermanus, and specialized in the Dutch genre landscape tradition.
Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions, February 2007.