Nicolaes Berchem
A Herdman's Family
About this artwork
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artist:Nicolaes BerchemNetherlandish (1621/2 - 1683)
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title:A Herdman's Family
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Black chalk on paper
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measurements:18.90 x 28.30 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1974
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accession number:RSA 1141
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Nicolaes Berchem
Nicolaes Berchem
Berchem was the most important and versatile of the so-called Dutch Italianates – painters who produced landscapes with a distinctly Italian flavour. Born in Haarlem, he studied under his father, the still-life painter Pieter Claesz. The surname ‘Berchem’ was adopted when he entered the studio of...
