# Cow Relieving Itself

- By: Nicolaes Berchem (Dutch, 1620-1683)
- Date: 1635/1683
- Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Plate: 20.8 × 26.3 cm (8 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)
- Culture: Holland
- Credit line: The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/79918)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/ea7f1192008b63d41ac2f2fa0aaa5f4c.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Son of the well-known still-life painter Pieter Claesz., Berchem probably went to Italy about 1653/55. He became famous as an Italianate artist specializing in arcadian landscapes. He made about sixty prints, which are notable for the rendering of sunlight.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0