Antique Dutch Landscape Oil Painting Study of Maid & Boy Herding Cows Attributed to Nicolaes Berchem

Antique landscape oil painting study of maid and boy herding cows attributed to Nicolaes Berchem. Dutch, Golden Age, attributed to Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683). Actual date unknown. The painting is unsigned but the frame has a plaque with "Nicolaes Berchem" on it. "Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620-1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces. He was a member of the second generation of "Dutch Italianate landscape" painters". (Wikipedia). Oil on oak panel. Elaborate gilt gesso frame (thought to be more recent than the painting). Depicts a maid and boy herding cattle. Size of frame: 18.25 x 15.5 inches. Size of panel: 13 x 10.5 inches. Size of front painting aperture: 12 x 9.5 inches. Weight: 1.7 kg (allow 7.5 kg volumetric weight once packed). The auction record for Nicholas Beecham is £908,444 (approx. $1.2 million).