Cow Relieving Itself
Nicolaes Berchem
1635/1683
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 20.8 × 26.3 cm (8 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
79918
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Son of the well-known still-life painter Pieter Claesz., Berchem probably went to Italy about 1653/55. He became famous as an Italianate artist specializing in arcadian landscapes. He made about sixty prints, which are notable for the rendering of sunlight.