Landscape with Waterfalls and Bridges, Peasants in the Foreground
c. 1670
Nicolaes Berchem, the Elder Dutch, 1621/22-1683
Netherlands
Nicolaes Bechem went to Italy in 1642 and remained there for three years; he may have returned in the 1650s. Most of his painted works are Italianate landscapes peopled with travelers and animals. Like Jan Both, Berchem was influenced by the work of Claude Lorrain.
Black chalk, with brush and black wash, on cream laid paper