Koekkoek, Willem 1839 Amsterdam - 1895 Nieuwer-Amstel (Amstelveen) Hustle and bustle on the market in the snowy streets of a dutch city(Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam?). Signed bottom left: W. Koekkoek. Oil on canvas. 87 x 124cm. Framed. Willem Koekkoek belongs to the third generation of the painter family Koekkoek and specialized against his father and teacher, the marine painter Hermanus sen., on figur-filled city views. His works mostly creates a connection between fiction and realisim (architecture), which obtains anecdotic charachter due to the human activities. Insofar Koekkoek's art is more coherent to the romantic outlook which is orientated along the Dutch Golden Age.