Nicolas Berchem (Dutch: 1620-1683). See 78.
"There is in this small picture," says Sir Edward Poynter, "a genuine feeling for nature, which is generally somewhat wanting in the works of Berchem, whose manner, founded on the study of Italian landscape art, gives frequently an artificial effect to his composition" (National Gallery, i. 44).
1006. HURDY-GURDY.
Nicolas Berchem (Dutch: 1620-1683). See 78.
Berchem, as we have seen, was an "Italianiser," and here introduces us to one of the exports of that country—
Far from England, in the sunny
South, where Anio leaps in foam,
Thou wast reared, till lack of money
Drew thee from thy vine-clad home.
Calverley: Fly Leaves.
1007. A ROCKY LANDSCAPE.
Jan Wils (Dutch: about 1600-1670).
Wils, whose pictures are seldom met with, "would appear, from the style of most of his works, to have studied under Jan Both at Utrecht.... He was the father-in-law and one of the teachers of Nicolas Berchem, between whose works and some of those of Wils (as, for instance, the present picture) a great resemblance may be traced" (Official Catalogue).