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NICOLAES BERCHEM (HAARLEM 1620-AMSTERDAM 1683)
A Mountainous Landscape with Herdsmen Driving Cattle down a Road
Signed and dated 1673RCIN 405345
Berchem’s subject is the journey of a herdsman and a muleteer leading their animals over mountain passes. It represents the romantic notion of Italy as a garden protected by a mountain wall. There is no evidence that Berchem ever visited Italy.
Acquired by George IV in 1814
No. 33
