Italian Landscape with Ruined Aqueduct

1675, Artist: Nicolaes Berchem

 

 

Italian Landscape with Ruined Aqueduct

Although there is no evidence that Berchem ever visited Italy, he specialised in Italianate landscapes and pastoral scenes. This picture is a free rendering of a composition by Jan Asselijn (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum) depicting the ruined aqueduct near Frascati. Berchem mainly changed figures and animals, putting greater emphasis on them through his use of light and colour.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Saal XII

Object data

Object Name

Painting

Culture

Dutch

Dated

1675

Artist

Nicolaes Berchem (1620 Haarlem - 1683 Amsterdam) - GND

Material

Canvas

Dimensions

68,5 cm × 82,5 cm
Framed: 89,8 cm × 104,5 cm × 12 cm

Signed

Inscribed at lower right: Berghem f. 1675

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Inv. No.

Gemäldegalerie, 9103

Provenance

1784 auction Amsterdam; 1834-1950 Coll. Czernin, Vienna; acquired in 1950;

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