A Hilly Landscape with Herdsmen, Cattle and Sheep
Nicolaes Berchem the Elder (Haarlem 1620 – Amsterdam 1683)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1640 - 1683
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
660 x 521 mm (26 x 20 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108928
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Hilly Landscape with Herdsmen, Cattle and Sheep by Nicolaes Berchem the elder (Haarlem 1620 – Amsterdam 1683). Berchem was the most prolific of the Dutch painters of idealised italianate landscapes with pastoral figures
Provenance
In the London house in 1761; recorded in Kedleston in 1766 and thence by descent; gifted to the National Trust in 1986 by Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000).
Credit line
Kedleston Hall, The Scarsdale Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1987)
Makers and roles
Nicolaes Berchem the Elder (Haarlem 1620 – Amsterdam 1683), artist
References
Martyn 1766 Thomas Martyn, English Connoisseur, containing an account of whatever is curious in Painting, Sculpture, &c in the palaces and seats of the Nobility, Royal Society, London, 1766, vol.II, 1766, p. 98