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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Nicolaes Berchem was born and active in Haarlem, where he painted Italian pastoral scenes. He was the son of the still-life painter Pieter Claesz and adopted the surname Berchem. He studied under his father, Jan van Goyen, Claes Moeyaert, Pieter de Grebber and Jan Wiks. His style changed during the 1650s, when he is thought to have travelled to Italy; the most probable dates for this trip are 1653-4, supported by circumstantial evidence, and subsequently after 1655 an Italianate landscape emerges. By 1677 he was working in Amsterdam and was the most prolific, versatile and highest paid of the Dutch Italianates, possibly creating 600 pictures. He painted biblical, allegorical, mythological themes, views of harbours and winter scenes, as well as figures for other artists, including Hobbema and Ruisdael. Berchem had many pupils and followers, such as Karel Dujardin. This painting depicts an Italianate style landscape. The 'cB' monogram was used by Berchem until the mid-1650s, rarely later, and therefore this painting is thought to have been made before his probable Italian trip. There is some artificiality in the composition but the colours are entirely northern in their tone. | Subjects: | landscape; figure; animal | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Berchem, Nicolaes (Dutch painter, printmaker, and draftsman, 1620-1683) Æ Previously attributed to Dujardin, Karel (Dutch painter and printmaker, 1626-1678) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8664... | Go to resource |
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