Nicolaes Berchem
A Mountainous Landscape with a Herdsman and his Flock and a Rough Wooden Bridge across a Precipice
About this artwork
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artist:Nicolaes Berchem (1621/2 - 1683) Netherlandish
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title:A Mountainous Landscape with a Herdsman and his Flock and a Rough Wooden Bridge across a Precipice
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pen, brown ink and wash on paper (with tears in top margin and two spots in centre and left)
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measurements:16.50 x 21.40 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
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accession number:D 1159 A
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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...
