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Nicolaes Berchem

Herdsmen with Cattle and Sheep in Italianate Landscape

mid-17th–late 17th century
Black chalk, brush and gray wash
26.6 × 20.7 cm (10.5 × 8.1 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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