Cattle (Frontispiece)
Cattle (Frontispiece)

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Cattle (Frontispiece)

Nicolaes Berchem, Dutch, 1620–1683
x1934-434 a

One of the leading Dutch seventeenth-century Italianate landscape painters, Berchem specialized in pastoral scenes bathed in a warm Mediterranean light. He was also a prolific etcher, producing several series devoted to farm animals, including this early one of six views of carefully observed cows—a mainstay of Holland’s thriving cattle-breeding and dairy industries. The frontispiece features a young milkmaid, who like the shepherdess in the adjoining painting by Moreelse, conveys a coquettish appeal.

Information

Title
Cattle (Frontispiece)
Maker
Nicolaes Berchem
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet trimmed to plate: 9 x 9.2 cm (3 9/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-434 a
Inscription
on well: C. P. Berghem fecit et exeud. 1664
Culture
Dutch, European
Type
etchings, prints
Subject
cattle

Junius S. Morgan (1867–1932); bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1932

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