Surroundings of NICOLAS BERCHEM (1620-1683) - Lot 17

Surroundings of NICOLAS BERCHEM (1620-1683) Herd crossing a bridge Oil on canvas 35.5 x 43.5 cm The stretcher bears old English auction labels and inventory numbers. - A label with the handwritten mention N. Berghem - the second and third from the catalog of a sale of paintings formerly belonging to the collection of King George II of England (1683 - 1760), held at St. Osyth Priory (Essex, England) on April 21, 1858. The painting bore lot number 1268: "Landscape, with cattle - Paul Potter". According to the labels, this lot was part of the furnishings in the room where the sovereign died (at Kensington Palace, London, on October 25, 1760). Provenance: - Collection of King George II of England (1683 1760), Kensigton Palace, London (according to the labels on the back). - Probably William IV of Orange - Nassau, St. Osyth Priory (Essex). - Private collection, Bologna. History confirms that King George II's eldest daughter, Anne of Hanover (1709 - 1759), married William IV of Orange-Nassau in 1734, whose family had owned St. Osyth Abbey, the site of the 1858 sale, since the early 18th century.