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Pastoral Scene with a Shepherdess Milking a Goat

Nicolaes Berchem · c. 1665–c. 1670

Palette

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Artist

Nicolaes Berchem

Date

c. 1665–c. 1670

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on panel

Size

24.8 × 31.1 cm (9 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.); Framed: 40 × 46.7 × 4.5 cm (15 3/4 × 18 3/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

Place

Netherlands

Period

17th century

Themes

Landscapes · Work and rural life

Main colour

Brown · lightness 28, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Donald and Carol Asher; gift in part from Scott, Lynda, Jonathan, and Lindsey Canel; and purchased with funds provided by Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan in honor of Marlene Welsh Phillips. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules