A man and woman on horseback are on a strip of land also occupied by livestock, dogs, and seven other people in front of a body of water and towering cliff in this horizontal landscape painting. The couple on horseback is in the lower left quadrant of the composition, and they both have pale, peach-toned skin. The man’s silvery-white horse pulls its head down and back toward its front legs, mouth open. The man sits with one hand holding the reins and the other planted on his hip, palm facing out. He wears a white cloth tied around his neck, a tan-colored jacket, loose, nickel-gray pants,…
Gallery mode Full size at the museum

Window mode follows your eyes with your camera, in this browser only: no picture or position leaves your device.

View of an Italian Port

Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem (Dutch, 1620 - 1683)

early 1660s

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 48 x 59.5 cm (18 7/8 x 23 7/16 in.) ; framed: 68.6 x 80 x 5.3 cm (27 x 31 1/2 x 2 1/16 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the National Gallery of Art