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Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem

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Why this artist matters now

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (21)

Cow Drinking

1680 · Etching on paper

Plate: 27.7 × 37.4 cm (10 15/16 × 14 3/4 in.); Sheet: 28.1 × 37.8 cm (11 1/8 × 14 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pastoral Scene with a Shepherdess Milking a Goat

1660 · Oil on panel

24.8 × 31.1 cm (9 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.); Framed: 40 × 46.7 × 4.5 cm (15 3/4 × 18 3/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ruins in Italy

1658 · panel, oil paint (paint)

width: 41.5 cm, height: 51.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Three Droves

1656 · panel, oil paint (paint)

height: 44 cm, width: 66.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Vrouw die een schaap melkt

1655 · brush on graphite (mineral), ink, deck paint, chalk, paper

width: 144 cm, height: 201 cm

Rijksmuseum

The City Wall of Haarlem in the Winter

1647 · oil paint (paint), panel

height: 39.5 cm, width: 48.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Rest at the Inn

1647 · Etching

Sheet: 10 5/16 × 8 3/8 in. (26.2 × 21.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rest

1644 · Oil on wood

17 x 13 1/2 in. (43.2 x 34.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Goat

1640 · Graphite on ivory wove paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

11.4 × 14.2 cm (4 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man Herding Cows and Sheep

1640 · Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper

11 × 9.1 cm (4 3/8 × 3 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man on Horse Talking with Man on Foot

1640 · Brush and brown wash, with graphite, on cream wove paper

8.3 × 6.9 cm (3 5/16 × 2 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Animal Studies

1635 · Red chalk

sheet: 6 13/16 x 10 7/16 in. (17.3 x 26.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a couple, thought to be Adriaen Wittert van der Aa and Maria Knotter

1635 · panel, oil paint (paint)

height: 76.3 cm, width: 61.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Herdsmen with Cattle and Sheep in Italianate Landscape

1635 · Black chalk, brush and gray wash

10 3/8 x 8 in. (26.6 x 20.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Italianate Landscape with the Ruins of Brederode Castle

1635 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash

sheet: 16 3/8 x 22 5/16 in. (41.6 x 56.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sheep with Lamb Nursing

1635 · Etching

plate: 4 x 4 9/16 in. (10.2 x 11.6 cm) sheet: 4 3/8 x 4 15/16 in. (11.1 x 12.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Italianiserend landschap met mannen, paarden en honden

1630 · counterproof on paper, chalk

width: 258 cm, height: 192 cm

Rijksmuseum

Twee lopende vrouwen en een vrouw op een ezel

1630 · counterproof on paper

height: 191 cm, width: 157 cm

Rijksmuseum

Le Troupeau Traversant Le Ruisseau

1630 · Etching

sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (26.4 x 21.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Goats, from Various Animals

1601 · Etching in black ink on ivory laid paper

Plate: 10.1 × 11 cm (4 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 12.4 × 13.3 cm (4 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Goats with Large Horns, from Various Animals

1601 · Etching on paper

Plate: 10 × 11 cm (3 15/16 × 4 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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21 published of 21 catalogued · 21 with image

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Art Institute Chicago
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7 entries · 1 sources

Twee lopende vrouwen en een vrouw op een ezel
1630 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Vrouw die een schaap melkt
1655 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of a couple, thought to be Adriaen Wittert van der Aa and Maria Knotter
1635 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Italianiserend landschap met mannen, paarden en honden
1630 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The City Wall of Haarlem in the Winter
1647 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Ruins in Italy
1658 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Three Droves
1656 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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