Italiaans landschap
Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem
1655 - 1683
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
30.5; 5; 37.5
About this artwork
drager: hoogte 30,5 cm x breedte 37,5 cm
Art Historical Context
**Italiaans landschap (Italian Landscape)** *By Nicolaes Pieterszchem, oil on panel, 1655–1683, 30.5 × 37.5 cm, Rijksmuseum* Nicolaes Pieterszchem, a leading figure of the Dutch Golden Age, captures the sun-drenched allure of an imagined Italian countryside in this intimate oil on panel. Though Berchem never traveled to Italy, his works vividly evoke its pastoral charm through golden light filtering over rolling hills, herds of livestock, and rustic figures—hallmarks of the Italianate landscape genre he helped popularize in 17th-century Holland. Painted during his mature years (1655–1683), ...