Nicolaes BERCHEM
A reclining ewe with two lambs
(1640-1683)
plate 2 from the Set of the sheep (or the Woman's Book)

Medium
etching

Measurements
10.5 × 11.3 cm (image and sheet, trimmed to platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 42 ii/viii; Bartsch 42; Dutuit 42 ii/vii

Edition
2nd of 8 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.l.: CBeerighem f. (CB monogram)

Accession Number
1278.130-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Animals

Subjects (specific)
animal art domestic sheep (species) lambs livestock repose (activity)

Movements
Baroque