Hendrick van der Burgh

The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are genre. Places of work recorded in the authority are Delft, Leiden and Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are After Milking Time and The conferring of a degree at the University of Leiden around 1650. Work by Hendrick van der Burgh is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, The Frick Collection, Amsterdam Museum, Fitzwilliam Museum and Detroit Institute of Arts.

Hendrick van der Burgh was baptised in Naaldwijk, a village near Delft, on 27 June 1627. Hendrick had at least four sisters: Annetje, Jacomina, Maria, and Trijntge. His father, Rochus Hendricksz van der Burgh, was a candlemaker. Jannetje de Hooch, the wife of the painter Pieter de Hooch, has been identified as either a sister of Van der Burgh. The Van der Burgh family lived in Honselaarsdijk at the time of Hendrick's birth and moved to Voorburg in 1633. They later moved to Delft, where they lived on the Binnenwatersloot. Van der Burgh may have received his training as a painter in Delft, although sources do not name his teacher.

Van der Burgh joined the Guild of Saint Luke in Delft on 25 January 1649. He paid a six guilder registration fee, rather than the 12 guilder fee usually charged to people born outside of Delft. Van der Burgh signed a notarial document with Pieter de Hooch on 5 August 1652. This is the earliest evidence of De Hooch's residence in Delft. By 4 September 1655, Van der Burgh had moved to Leiden. He married Cornelia Cornelisdr van Rossum in November 1655. The couple had five children, including a son named Rochus, who also became a painter. In January 1656, the couple rented a house on the Rapenburg canal in Leiden. Although the date he joined is unknown, Van der Burgh was a member of the Leiden painters' guild. He and his family had moved to Amsterdam by May 1659. By 1661, Van der Burgh had moved back to Leiden. A 1664 record of Van der Burgh paying dues to the Delft painters' guild is the last surviving record that mentions him. The date of his death is unknown. His last child was baptised in Leiden in 1666, which suggests that he died no earlier than 1665.