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A mounted Shepherdess, Standing Shepherd, Urinating Donkey and a Dog Resting Near a Trough in an Italianate Landscape with Ruins

Drawing
1656 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Female, mounted on an ass, conversing with a man who stands near some ruins; another ass bearing panniers is waiting near with a dog

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA mounted Shepherdess, Standing Shepherd, Urinating Donkey and a Dog Resting Near a Trough in an Italianate Landscape with Ruins (published title)
Materials and techniques
pen, washed with Indian ink and bistre, on paper
Brief description
Drawing, A mounted Shepherdess, Standing Shepherd, Urinating Donkey and a Dog Resting Near a Trough in an Italianate Landscape with Ruins, by Nicolaes (Pietersz.) Berchem, Dutch School, 1656
Physical description
Female, mounted on an ass, conversing with a man who stands near some ruins; another ass bearing panniers is waiting near with a dog
Dimensions
  • Height: 142 mm
  • Width: 181 mm
Style
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated at lower left, in brown ink, 'Berchem f 1656'
Gallery label
(12/05/2016)
Nicolaes Berchem was a leading member of the second generation of ‘Dutch Italianates’. The school of artists were active in Rome throughout the 17th century. It specialised in pastoral scenes set in Italianate landscapes. Berchem’s idealised rustic figures greatly influenced later artists including Thomas Gainsborough and Jean-Antoine Watteau.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Valerius Röver (1686–1739), Delft (his code 2342 in pale black ink on the verso; L. Suppl. 2984a–c); his widow, Cornelia Röver-van der Dussen (1689–1762), Delft; sold by her in 1761, through Hendrik de Leth (1703–66), to Jonkheer Johann Goll van Franckenstein the elder (1722–85), Velzen; his son, Jonkheer Johan Goll van Franckenstein the younger (1756–1821), Velzen and Amsterdam (his N 2997 in red ink on the verso; L. 2987); his son, Jonkheer Pieter Hendrick Goll van Franckenstein (1787–1832), Amsterdam, his sale, Amsterdam, de Vries … Roos, 1ff. July 1833, probably Album M, lot 1: ‘berchem. Vier stuks bergachtige landschapjes, met herders en verschillend vee. Overheerlijk fraai met de pen en bruine inkt, benevens de geëtste Prentjes uit het beroemde werk van dezen Meester ...’ (to ‘Woodburn’ for 610 fl.); Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.1
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol.I, cat.13, pp.13-15
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.449

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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