Pastoral Scene with a Shepherdess Milking a Goat
Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (Dutch, 1621/22-1683)
c. 1665–c. 1670
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
One of the most prolific Dutch landscape painters, Nicolas Pietersz. Berchem executed scenes of the Italian campagna (countryside) for cosmopolitan collectors who appreciated foreign views. Against the muddy palette used for the livestock, Berchem highlighted the shepherdess’s skirt with a vibrant blue, a color that attracts the eye of the viewer and of the young shepherd nearby. Alongside paintings of the flat but fertile Dutch landscape, collectors enjoyed fanciful depictions of Italy for their hilly terrain and playful peasants.
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Original size
- 24.8 × 31.1 cm (9 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.)
Museum record · 6 owners · 3 exhibitions
Provenance
- E. Arents, Brussels, by 1795; sold on August 12, 1795, to Gerard van der Pot of Groeneveld, for 336 guilders.
- Gerard van der Pot of Groeneveld, Rotterdam (died 1807); his estate sale, Gebroeders Van Ryp, Rotterdam, June 6, 1808, lot 13, to Nortwijck, for 1,160 florins.
- Charles Brind, London, by 1834; sold his estate sale, Christie’s, London, May 10 -12, 1849, lot 52, to Norton, for 91 guineas.
- George Field, Ashurst Park, Kent, by 1856 until at least 1875.
- Sold Sotheby’s, London, June 21, 1961, lot 205, to Terry Engell, for £500.
- Gooden and Fox, Ltd., London, 1961; sold to Christian B. Peper, Saint Louis (died 2011); consigned by his estate to Christie’s, New York; sold Christie’s, New York, January 25, 2012, lot, to Scott Canel in consultation with two other members of the Old Masters Society; given to the Art Institute, 2012.
Exhibitions
- London, British Institution, Exhibition of Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, French and English Masters, June 1840.
- London, British Institution, Exhibition of Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, French and English Masters, June 1848.
- Saint Louis, Saint Louis Art Museum, A Gentleman Collects, October 25, 2002-January 5, 2003, no cat. no.
