Biography

Van den Berghe was born in Middelburg

Middelburg

Middelburg is a municipality and a city in the south-western Netherlands and the capital of the province of Zeeland. It is situated in the Midden-Zeeland region. It has a population of about 48,000.- History of Middelburg :...

. He primarily painted landscapes and flower still lifes. He may have trained under Ambrosius Bosschaert

Ambrosius Bosschaert

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder was a still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age.-Biography:He was born in Antwerp, where he started his career, but he spent most of it in Middelburg , where he moved with his family because of the threat of religious persecution...

. Some of his works can be seen at the Getty Museum. Van den Berghe lived all his life in Middelburg, and died there around 1645.

According to the RKD, he may have been born c.1590 in Antwerp, and signed his name CvB. In 1619 he registered in the Guild of St. Luke in Middelburg. Johannes Goedaert was his pupil.