Hendrik Gerrit ten Cateartist • painter • watercolourist • draughtsmanAmsterdam 1803-1856

biography of Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate became best known as a painter of moonlit cityscapes, a genre that was extremely popular among romantic collectors in the 19th century. He also made portraits, flower still lifes and summer and winter landscapes. His Dutch icescapes, finely worked out and furnished with numerous figures, were also very popular.

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Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | Merrymaking by moonlight, oil on canvas, 33.4 x 43.0 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1837

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate

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Merrymaking by moonlight

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | A windmill burning, by night, oil on panel, 13.8 x 18.3 cm, signed l.r. and indistinctly dated 184[8]

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A windmill burning, by night

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | Fire at night (possibly the sugar refinery J.H. Rupe & Zn te Amsterdam, 19 October 1845), oil on panel, 21.0 x 27.7 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1849

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Fire at night (possibly the sugar refinery J.H. Rupe & Zn te Amsterdam, 19 October 1845)

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | Market by moonlight, oil on panel, 21.2 x 28.7 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1854

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate

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Market by moonlight

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | Skaters on the ice, oil on canvas, 29.2 x 35.8 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1828

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate

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Skaters on the ice

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | A moonlit harbour view, oil on canvas, 29.9 x 40.7 cm, signed l.l.

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate

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A moonlit harbour view

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | Fishermen in a moonlit landscape, oil on panel, 20.7 x 30.0 cm, signed l.r.

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate

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Fishermen in a moonlit landscape

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | A fair by night, oil on panel, 20.5 x 27.3 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1833

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate

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A fair by night

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Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | A wintery scene with skaters and boys playing on the ice, oil on panel, 39.0 x 49.0 cm

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A wintery scene with skaters and boys playing on the ice

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | The fire, oil on panel, 18.6 x 24.2 cm, signed l.r.

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The fire

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | Skaters in a snowy winterlandscape, oil on panel, 25.8 x 31.9 cm, signed l.r.

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate

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Skaters in a snowy winterlandscape

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | Moored sailing vessels by moonlight, oil on panel, 25.1 x 32.0 cm

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate

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Moored sailing vessels by moonlight

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | Gathering at a skating competition, ink and watercolour on paper, 19.4 x 27.7 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1832

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate

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Gathering at a skating competition

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