Live Auction 5696The Collection of the Late John Appleby: A Channel Island Treasure House
Attributed to Nicolaes Berchem (Haarlem 1620-1683 Amsterdam)
Lot 11

Attributed to Nicolaes Berchem (Haarlem 1620-1683 Amsterdam)

A peasant woman carrying a goat

Closed4 November 2010

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Attributed to Nicolaes Berchem (Haarlem 1620-1683 Amsterdam)
A peasant woman carrying a goat
oil on canvas laid down on panel
5 7/8 x 3 1/8 in. (14.6 x 7.9 cm.)

Edward Cheney of Badger Hall, Shropshire.
Christie's, London, 29 April 1885, lot 119 as 'N. Berchem' (2 gns. to Speed).
H. Fearnside Speed.

Specialist note

This study of a female peasant carrying a goat relates to the figure in the foreground of the picture by Berchem, recorded in the collection of Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild by 1926 and sold in these Rooms on the 12th December 1980, lot 57 (see fig. 1).