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WILLEM ROMEYN (C. 1622-95)
Herdsmen with cattle, sheep and donkeys in a mountainous landscape
RCIN 906633
Many seventeenth-century Dutch artists produced landscapes in an Italianate style, sometimes based on personal experience. Willem Romeyn visited Italy in 1650 – 51, and his works frequently show mountainous landscapes bathed in a southern light.