NICOLAES BERCHEM (1620-1683) An Italianate Landscape with Herders and their Flocks Oil on panel (36 x 45 cm) Private collection Of the 70 or so Berchems in public collections in Britain more than half are of drovers and milkmaids with cattle in Italianate landscapes, proving both the popularity of this genre and why his name …
Month: July 2018
Sportsmen in a Landscape
PAUL BRIL (c. 1554-1626) A Wooded Landscape with a Bridge and Sportsmen at the Edge of the River Oil on canvas (86.5 x 66 cm) Private Collection The most influential Italianate landscape painter of his time, Paul Bril was born in Breda c.1554. He trained in Antwerp with Damiaen Ortelmans and, only 14 years old, …
Old Masters 