Subscriber content

Manchester reçoit un paysage de Berchem

8/7/20 - Acquisition - Manchester, Art Gallery - On ne sait si Nicolaes Berchem se rendit en Italie, mais ce peintre de Haarlem peignit des paysages pastoraux aux airs d’Arcadie, baignés d’une lumière dorée, rythmés de montagnes et de valons entre lesquels serpentent des rivières, et où les bergers font paître leurs troupeaux. Le Chevrier en est un bel exemple, il a fait l’objet d’une dation à l’État britannique (acceptance in lieu) et a rejoint les collections de Manchester.


Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683)
Le Chevrier
Huile sur toile - 64 x 79cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Photo : Manchester Art Gallery
See the image in its page

L’œuvre est passée par deux collections françaises prestigieuses, celle d’Étienne-François, duc de Choiseul, qui fut ambassadeur à Rome, puis…

To access this content, you must subscribe to The Art Tribune. The advantages and conditions of this subscription, which will also allow you to support The Art Tribune, are described on the subscription page. If you would like to test the subscription, you can subscribe for one month (at €8) and if you don’t like it, you can send us an e-mail asking us to unsubscribe you (at least ten days before the next direct debit).

If you are already a subscriber, sign in using this form.

Your comments

In order to be able to discuss articles and read the contributions of other subscribers, you must subscribe to The Art Tribune. The advantages and conditions of this subscription, which will also allow you to support The Art Tribune, are described on the subscription page.

If you are already a subscriber, sign in.