Detail View: The AMICA Library: Landscape with Waterfalls and Bridges, Peasants in the Foreground

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1982.502
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name: 
Bercham, Claes Pietersz.
Creator Nationality: 
European; Dutch
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
Dutch; 1620-1683
Creator Name-CRT: 
Claes Pietersz. Bercham
Title: 
Landscape with Waterfalls and Bridges, Peasants in the Foreground
Title Type: 
preferred
View: 
full view
Creation Date: 
c. 1670
Creation Start Date: 
1665
Creation End Date: 
1675
Materials and Techniques: 
Black chalk, with brush and black and gray wash, on cream laid paper.
Classification Term: 
chalk
Classification Term: 
Drawing
Classification Term: 
Prints and Drawings
Creation Place: 
Europe,Netherlands,Holland (historic region)
Dimensions: 
250 x 304 mm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1982.502
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, Worcester Sketch Fund
Rights: 
Context: 
exhib. label:Landscape with Waterfalls and Bridges, Peasants in the Foregroundc. 1670Black chalk with brush and grey wash on paperWorcester Sketch FundNicolaes 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.
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