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 …
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The Ferry Boat
JAN LAGOOR (Active in Haarlem 1645-1671) ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE (1636-1672) The Ferry Boat (c.1665) Oil on canvas (88 x 80 cm) National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin To enlarge the image, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" The following text belongs to the entry written by Brian P. Kennedy, Assistant Director, National Gallery …
An Evening Landscape
AELBERT CUYP (1620-1691) An Evening Landscape with Figures and Sheep (1655-60) Oil on canvas (101 x 153 cm) Buckingham Palace, Royal Collection To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Cuyp was one of the most popular artists with British collectors during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. George IV …
Castel Sant’ Angelo
GASPAR VAN WITTEL (1653-1736) also known as VANVITELLI Castel Sant' Angelo seeing from the South (1690-1700) Oil on canvas measures unknown Private collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Gaspar van Wittel began his studies in his hometown Amersfoort, training under the landscape painter Jan van der Heyden. …
A Classical Landscape
HENDRIK FRANS VAN LINT (1684-1763) A Classical landscape with figures in front of a temple (1748) Oil on canvas: 48 x 72 cm Private collection Hendrik Frans van Lint was born in Antwerp, the son of the history painter Pieter van Lint. As his father died when he was only 6 years old he became …
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