1690
oil
panel
From the collection of Norton Simon Museum
Pastoral Scene is a 1690 oil by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Norton Simon Museum.
This painting shows a group of people and animals in a landscape. A woman in a yellow dress stands on the left, holding a bowl. She looks at a man sitting on the ground, who is wearing a white cloth around his waist. A cow and a goat are near them, and more people and animals are in the background. The scene is set in a hilly area with trees and a cloudy sky. The colors are mostly earthy tones, with some brighter yellows and whites. The painting has a warm, sunny feel to it. The artist who painted this scene was Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem.
Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1 October 1620 – 18 February 1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces.
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