Cow Relieving Itself
Nicolaes Berchem
1640–1683
- Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 20.8 × 26.3 cm (8 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- etching
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printprints and drawingetchingpaper (fiber product)
About
Son of the well-known still-life painter Pieter Claesz., Berchem probably went to Italy about 1653/55. He became famous as an Italianate artist specializing in arcadian landscapes. He made about sixty prints, which are notable for the rendering of sunlight.
