Circle of Nicolaes Berchem (1620, Haarlem - 1683, Amsterdam), Scene with herds
Circle of Nicolaes Berchem (1620, Haarlem - 1683, Amsterdam) Scene with herds Oil on canvas, 30 x 39 cm - with frame 56 X 65 cm In this canvas depicting a Scene with Herds at sunset it is to be recognized the hand of a painter who he got to know directly the works and models of Nicolaes Berchem, (1620, Haarlem - 1683, Amsterdam), one of the best known Italian landscape painters. Son of the still life painter Pieter Claesz (1598-1661), he was introduced by him into the artistic world and taught him the first pictorial rudiments; It is not known exactly why he adopted the surname Berchem instead of Claesz, perhaps because of his father's birthplace. According to the most recent studies, the