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BERCHEM (or BERGHHEM), NICOLAAS (162o–1683)  , Dutch painter, was See also:born at See also:Haarlem . He received instruction from his See also:father (Pieter Claasz See also:van Haarlem) and from the painters Van See also:Goyen, See also:Jan Wils and Weenix . It is not known why he called himself See also:Berchem (or Berighem, and other variants) . His pictures, of which he produced an immense number, were in See also:great demand, as were also his etchings and drawings . His landscapes are highly esteemed; and many of them have been finely engraved by See also:John Visscher . His finest pictures are at the See also:Amsterdam Museum and at the Hermitage, St See also:Petersburg .

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