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Italian Landscape
Also titled Italiaans landschap
Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem (Haarlem, 1620–1683)
1656
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 6.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Nicolaes Berchem (1620 - 1683). Italian landscape, 1656. The sunny landscapes of Nicolaes Berchem make a very Italian impression. And yet it is not certain that he ever set foot in Italy. This hilly landscape appears to be a faithful rendering. However, like Berchem's other works, it is the product of his imagination. He has positioned the cows and goats in the landscape in a natural manner, and in such a way that they catch just enough light to make them stand out from the background. Bequest of A. van der Hoop, 1854 On loan from the city of Amsterdam, 1885.