Nicolaes Berchem
1620-1683
Nicolaes Berchem also called Claes Pietersz Berchem (Berchem also spelled Berghem, or Berrighen). He was Dutch Baroque landscape painter and etcher who achieved wide popularity.
Berchem was born 1620, in Haarlem, Neth. He received instruction from his father, Pieter Claesz, a prominent still-life painter, and from several other Dutch masters.
After study in Italy, he produced many landscapes in warm colors and an Italian style. He also painted cityscapes and winter and pastoral scenes, all in the tradition of Dutch naturalism enlivened by vivid colors and glowing light. His finest pictures are at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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