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NICOLAES BERCHEM (HAARLEM 1620-AMSTERDAM 1683)

Italian Landscape with Figures and Animals: a Village on a Mountain Plateau

Signed and dated 1655

RCIN 404818

This small jewel-like evocation of a hot Italian hillside derives from the work of Cornelis van Poelenburgh (nos 28 and 29), but with a more sophisticated handling of light, using minimal transitions of colour and tone to create a hazy atmosphere. Berchem’s panorama has an impressive openness and a sense of adventure, as the horseman points to the far horizon. Acquired by George IV in 1814 No. 32

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