BERCHEM or BERGHEM, NICOLAES a Dutch painter, born at Haarlem, and died on Feb. 18, 1683, at Amsterdam. He received instruction from his father (Pieter Claesz van Haarlem) and from the painters Claes Moyaert, Jan Wils and Pieter de Grebber. He seems to have worked in Italy, and most of his numerous landscapes are southern landscapes in bright sunshine. They were in great demand, as were also his etchings and drawings. His finest pictures are at the Amsterdam Museum and at the Hermitage, Leningrad. There are examples in the National Gallery and the Wallace and Dulwich collections in London; in Vienna, Berlin and elsewhere.