Nicolaes BERCHEM
A shepherd playing his flute
(c. 1649)

Medium
etching

Measurements
18.6 × 14.0 cm (image) 20.6 × 14.8 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 6 iv/v; Bartsch 6

Edition
4th of 5 states

Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: 51

Accession Number
1278.198-3

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 Human Figures Musical

Subjects (specific)
back views flutes (aerophones) herdsmen livestock pastoral shepherds

Movements
Baroque