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Nicolaes Berchem

Landscape with Waterfalls and Bridges, Peasants in the Foreground

c. 1670
Black chalk, with brush and black wash, on cream laid paper
25.3 × 30.7 cm (10 × 12.1 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Nicolaes Bechem went to Italy in 1642 and remained there for three years; he may have returned in the 1650s. Most of his painted works are Italianate landscapes peopled with travelers and animals. Like Jan Both, Berchem was influenced by the work of Claude Lorrain.

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