Landscape with Waterfalls and Bridges, Peasants in the Foreground

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with Waterfalls and Bridges, Peasants in the Foreground

Nicolaes Berchem, the Elder

Date
c. 1670
Medium
Black chalk, with brush and black wash, on cream laid paper
Culture
Netherlands
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Nicolaes Bechem went to Italy in 1642 and remained there for three years; he may have returned in the 1650s. Most of his painted works are Italianate landscapes peopled with travelers and animals. Like Jan Both, Berchem was influenced by the work of Claude Lorrain.

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