Nicolaes’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Two Goats with Large Horns, from Various Animals
Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Cow Drinking
Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Pastoral Scene with a Shepherdess Milking a Goat
Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (Dutch, 1621/22-1683)

Goats, from Various Animals
Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Shepherd Playing a Flute
Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Cow Relieving Itself
Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

The Bagpipe Player
Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Landscape with Waterfalls and Bridges, Peasants in the Foreground
Nicolaes Berchem, the Elder Dutch, 1621/22-1683

Herdsman with Cow, Donkey, Sheep
After Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Woman Milking a Cow, plate 3 from Four Landscapes
Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658) after Nicolaes Berchem (Dutch, 1620-1683)

Goat
Attributed Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Man on Horse Talking with Man on Foot
Attributed to Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Man Herding Cows and Sheep
Attributed to Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Woman and Child on Donkey, Man, Dogs, Horses
After Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Peasants and Cattle Crossing Ford
After Nicolaes Berchem the Elder (Dutch, 1621/22-1683) or Johann Heinrich Roos (German, 1631-16850

A Mother an Swathed Child Riding a Donkey, plate 4 from Four Landscapes
Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658) after Nicolaes Berchem (Dutch, 1620-1683)

Shepherdess Riding on a Donkey, plate 2 from Four Landscapes
Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658) after Nicolaes Berchem (Dutch, 1620-1683)

La Péche et la Commerce Maritime (Fishing and Maritime Trade) (Furnishing Fabric)
Engraved by Jean Jacques Le Veau (French, 1729-1785) and others after Claude Joseph Vernet (French 1714-1789) and others Manufactured by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (naturalized French, 1738-1815), Oberkampf Manufactory (French, 1760-1843) Jouy-en-Josas, France

The Ford, plate 1 from Four Landscapes
Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658) after Nicolaes Berchem (Dutch, 1620-1683)