(Nicholas), a Dutch painter and engraver, had a genius truly pastoral. The simplicity of Arcadian manners is nowhere better described than in his works. We have a large collection of prints from his designs; many etched by himself, and many by other masters. Those by himself are flight but masterly. His execution is inimitable. His cattle, which are always the distinguishing part of his pieces, are well drawn, admirably characterized, and generally well grouped. Few painters excelled more in composition than Berghem; and yet we have more beautiful instances of it in the prints etched by others, than in those by himself. Among his own etchings a few small plates of sheep and goats are exceedingly valued.—He died in 1683.