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Herders

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  • A woman riding side-saddle on a mule converses with a woman encountered among flocks grazing on a mountain pass. Aquatint and etching after N. Berchem.
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    Three herdsmen resting; one of them needs a drink. Etching by I.J. de Claussin, 1806, after N. Berchem, 1668.

    Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683. | Date: 1806 | Reference: 2815102i
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    Killalu, Djibouti: camels and cattle drinking at a pool in a valley, watched by herders. Coloured lithograph by L. Rottmann after J.M. Bernatz.

    Bernatz, Johann Martin, 1802-1878. | Date: [1852-1855] | Reference: 3015910i
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    A herdsman seated on a donkey, with a walking woman and a second donkey. Etching after N. Berchem.

    Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683. | Date: 1660-1669 | Reference: 2815100i
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    At night, a shepherd, accompanied by a woman on a donkey, holds out a flaming torch in order to see his sheep cross a ford. Etching by C.H. Watelet, 1759, after N. Berchem, 1655.

    Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683. | Date: 1759 | Reference: 2815098i
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    Shepherds at noon with cattle, sheep and goats: the shepherds are drinking, chatting and sleeping, the herd rests in the heat, and a woman breastfeeds a baby. Engraving by J. de Visscher after N. Berchem.

    Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683. | Date: [between 1660 and 1669?] | Reference: 2476779i
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