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| Title | Landscape with Herdsman and Cattle | |
| Collection | Holburne Museum of Art, Bath | |
| Artist | Berchem, Nicolaes (Dutch painter, printmaker, and draftsman, 1620-1683) Previously attributed to Dujardin, Karel (Dutch painter and printmaker, 1626-1678) |
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| Date Earliest | probably 1640 | |
| Date Latest | probably 1655 | |
| 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. | |
| Current Accession Number | A291 | |
| Former Accession Number | 128; 1447; 102 | |
| Inscription | front (on log) 'cB' | |
| Subject | landscape; figure; animal | |
| Measurements | 43.8 x 54.7 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on panel | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Miss Mary Anne Barbara Holburne 1882. | |
| Provenance | Sir Thomas William Holburne, by 1867-74; by descent to Mary Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882), 1874. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | The Northern Eye: Dutch and Flemish Landscape Paintings from the Dulwich Picture Gallery, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1999, cat. no. 16. | |
| Notes | Holburne catalogue 1867 no. 128 Karl du Jardin; Holburne catalogue 1887 no. 1447 as Karl du Jardin; Holburne catalogue 1936 no. 102 as Berchem. ` |
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| Rights Owner | © The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath | |
| Author | Rosie Broadley | |