Nicolaes Berchem
Dutch, 1620-1683
Cow Relieving Itself
INV-7991
Nicolaes Berchem
Dutch, 1620-16831635/1683
Cow Relieving Itself
Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683 →etchingprint
Date
1635/1683
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 20.8 × 26.3 cm (8 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections
Son of the well-known still-life painter Pieter Claesz., Berchem probably went to Italy about 1653/55. He became famous as an Italianate artist specializing in arcadian landscapes. He made about sixty prints, which are notable for the rendering of sunlight.
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