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Landscape with Woman on Horseback and a Shepherdess Milking a Goat

Landscape with Woman on Horseback and a Shepherdess Milking a Goat

After: Nicolaes Berchem (Dutch, 1620 - 1683)

Date: 17th century
Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 x 8 11/16 in. (19.4 x 22.1 cm)
Image: 7 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (18.7 x 21.9 cm)
Framed: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Object number: 1920.178.1
Berchem’s compositions are often imaginary and idyllic Italianate landscapes filled with convincing naturalism and the interaction of humans and animals. The son of painter Pieter Claesz, Berchem started painted in Haarlem as a teenager, before entering the studio of Jan van Goyen, where he adopted the surname Berchem.
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