Georg Bernard Verbeeck (†1673) 

• Georg Bernard Verbeeck was a German portraitist.
• He was from Emmerich, a German town near the Dutch border.
• Verbeeck moved to Prague with his nephew Jodokus Justus (1646–1700) and worked for the Lobkowitz family in Roudnice nad Labem and the Kolowrat family in Rychnov nad Kněžnou.
• The only painting attributed to Verbeeck that is not a portrait is an exploratory still life that has survived in relatively good condition.
• The work is signed and partially dated.
• The painting was in the possession of the Sternbergs at least from the time of Adolf Wratislaw of Sternberg (1627–1703) and in the family asset inventories in Zásmuky and Častolovice it was designated Ein Todtenkopf The painting demonstrates exceptional realism and attention to detail.
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