Cattle and sheep rest on the hillside as a woman milks a goat and gives the child a drink; a herder plays the bagpipes. Etching after N. Berchem.

  • Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683.
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1700-1799
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30126i
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Cattle and sheep rest on the hillside as a woman milks a goat and gives the child a drink; a herder plays the bagpipes. Etching after N. Berchem. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Venezia [Venice] : Appo. G. Wagner C.P.E.S.

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 33.4 x 44.4 cm

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Lettering

Nella mia gregge il parco cibo io trovo. Bears number: No. 5-1

References note

Karl-Heinrich von Heinecken, Dictionnaire des artistes, dont nous avons des estampes, Leipzig 1788, vol. 2, p. 540 ("N. Berghem. … Chez J. Wagner à Venise. Suite de quatre grandes pieces en largeur, sans nom de peintre ni de graveur, sur la premiere on lit: Nella mia gregge il parco cibo io trovo. [Others start with the words:] Diquel terren etc. ; Rozzo e il mio suon etc. ; Lenza pensier sol.")
In the background are an ancient tower and a bridge over a river, in an Italianate landscape

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Wellcome Collection 30126i

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A mezzotint of the same composition in reverse, by Richard Purcell using the name C. Corbutt, also names Berchem as the author: "Milking of cattle, landskip, &c. by Berghem. Evening. C. Corbutt fecit."

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