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ANCIENT FLAMINGO OF THE XVII CENTURY

FOR SALE ANTIQUE DEALER Period: 17° secolo -1600 Laboratorio la Mole Torino Style: Alta epoca +39011 19 467 664 393357352986 Height:95cm Width:132cm Material:Olio su tela Price:18900€

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“Landscape with shepherds under the ruins” attributed to NICOLAES BERCHEM oil on canvas DIMENSIONS 95 X 132 CM Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (, 1 October 1620 - , 16 February 1683) was a Dutch painter, specializing in pastoral scenes populated by mythological characters or biblical figures. He was born in Haarlem, son of the still life painter Pieter Claesz, who introduced him to the artistic world and taught him the first rudiments of painting. The surname Berchem, on the other hand, derived from the father's birthplace. He deepened his knowledge, according to the reconstruction of various art historians, under the guidance of Jan van Goyen, Jan Wils and Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert. According to many sources, Berchem traveled to in a period prior to 1642, together with the Dutch painter Hendrick Mommers and Jan Baptist Weenix, who was his cousin and the same age and with whom he also shared the experience in the Moeyaert's workshop. In fact, around 1642 his presence in the guild of San Luca in Haarlem is documented. The influence of Moeyaert was evident above all in the early years, as is attested by the Laban of 1643. On 2 October 1646 he married the daughter of Jan Wils, Catrijne Claesdr. De Groot. Around 1650 he moved to Westphalia together with , and, after a second stay in Italy (1653-1656), he returned to his homeland, to Amsterdam where he worked on behalf of Jan de Visscher. In the middle period of his career his vast production was mostly centered on port views, hunts, ruins in Latin and Roman landscapes, battles and of course pastoral landscapes. In the mature period, in addition to favoring more showy colors, he approached . His artistic production was remarkable, given that his works amounted to 850 pieces, including about sixty etchings and numerous important drawings in sanguine. His Italian- style landscapes of ideal rural, hilly, mountain environments were embellished with human and animal figures partially inspired by the works of other artists, such as , Jan Hackaert, Gerrit Dou, and Willem Schellinks. Berchem exerted a strong influence on subsequent generations of Dutch painters and various French Rococo painters, such as Jean-Baptiste Pillement and Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Furthermore, his landscape artistic lines will inspire a good number of artists, such as

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François Boucher, Jean Pillement, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and among the English Thomas Gainsborough. His studies on animals were also of some importance. He died in Amsterdam in 1683. https://www.anticswiss.com/en/fine-art-antiques/ancient-flamingo-painting-of-the-xvii-century-24854

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