Christoffel van den Berghe: A Rediscovered Flemish Landscape Painter Christoffel van den Berghe (c. 1590, Antwerp – c. 1645, Middelburg) stands as a fascinating figure in the Dutch Golden Age, an artist whose oeuvre was largely overlooked until the mid-20th century when scholarly reassessment brought him back into focus. While biographical details remain scarce—a testament to the challenges faced by documenting artists of this era—research suggests he hailed from Antwerp and migrated to Middelburg, where he established himself as a respected guild member and cultivated a distinctive artistic…