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Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem

1620⚠

WA-00074152

PaintingBaroque

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Is PublishedPath D Subcohort4 Directory 2026-05-23· 100%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces.

Source: Nga · Trust score: 40% · Updated 8d ago

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Baroque

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National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (13)

Pastoral Scene with a Shepherdess Milking a Goat

1660 · Oil on panel

24.8 × 31.1 cm (9 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.); Framed: 40 × 46.7 × 4.5 cm (15 3/4 × 18 3/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ruins in Italy

1658 · panel, oil paint (paint)

width: 41.5 cm, height: 51.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Three Droves

1656 · panel, oil paint (paint)

height: 44 cm, width: 66.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Vrouw die een schaap melkt

1655 · brush on graphite (mineral), ink, deck paint, chalk, paper

width: 144 cm, height: 201 cm

Rijksmuseum

The City Wall of Haarlem in the Winter

1647 · oil paint (paint), panel

height: 39.5 cm, width: 48.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Goat

1640 · Graphite on ivory wove paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

11.4 × 14.2 cm (4 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man Herding Cows and Sheep

1640 · Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper

11 × 9.1 cm (4 3/8 × 3 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man on Horse Talking with Man on Foot

1640 · Brush and brown wash, with graphite, on cream wove paper

8.3 × 6.9 cm (3 5/16 × 2 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a couple, thought to be Adriaen Wittert van der Aa and Maria Knotter

1635 · panel, oil paint (paint)

height: 76.3 cm, width: 61.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Italianiserend landschap met mannen, paarden en honden

1630 · counterproof on paper, chalk

width: 258 cm, height: 192 cm

Rijksmuseum

Twee lopende vrouwen en een vrouw op een ezel

1630 · counterproof on paper

height: 191 cm, width: 157 cm

Rijksmuseum

Two Goats with Large Horns, from Various Animals

1601 · Etching on paper

Plate: 10 × 11 cm (3 15/16 × 4 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goats, from Various Animals

1601 · Etching in black ink on ivory laid paper

Plate: 10.1 × 11 cm (4 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 12.4 × 13.3 cm (4 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

13 published of 36 catalogued · 13 with image

Rijksmuseum
7 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
6 published6 img
+ 1 more source · 23 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

The City Wall of Haarlem in the Winter
1647 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Three Droves
1656 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Ruins in Italy
1658 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of a couple, thought to be Adriaen Wittert van der Aa and Maria Knotter
1635 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Italianiserend landschap met mannen, paarden en honden
1630 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Twee lopende vrouwen en een vrouw op een ezel
1630 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Vrouw die een schaap melkt
1655 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Baroque

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National Gallery of Art

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National Gallery of Art

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