# The Cattle Herd

- By: Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem (Haarlem, 1620–1683)
- Date: 1656
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 38 cm x width 62.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-30--90252d7bb6e0d8141a4a15201c8856c7)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/Mcydo/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A herder drives his cattle through a ford in the river. The unruly creatures splash water, to the displeasure of a peasant woman, who is also wading through the water. Another woman is mounted on a laden ox. Berchem combined the southern character of the landscape with the kind of pine trees that one would expect to see in the north.