# Landscape with Waterfalls and Bridges, Peasants in the Foreground

- By: Nicolaes Berchem (Dutch, 1621/22-1683)
- Date: c. 1670
- Medium: Black chalk, with brush and black wash, on cream laid paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 25.3 × 30.7 cm (10 × 12 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit line: Worcester Sketch Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/97689)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/1736125170ef1f6e13dc735cfbdea761.jpg
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Nicolaes Bechem went to Italy in 1642 and remained there for three years; he may have returned in the 1650s. Most of his painted works are Italianate landscapes peopled with travelers and animals. Like Jan Both, Berchem was influenced by the work of Claude Lorrain.

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