Van Goyen, who was a kindly creature, as became the father-in-law of Jan Steen, called out to his other pupils--"Berg hem" (Hide him!) and the phrase stuck, and became his best-known name.

Nicolas married a termagant, but never allowed her to impair his cheerful disposition.
Haarlem was the birthplace also of Jacob van Ruisdael, greatest of Dutch landscape painters.

He was born about 1620.

His idea was to be a doctor, but Nicolas Berchem induced him to try painting, and we cannot be too thankful for the change.

His landscapes have a deep and grave beauty: the clouds really seem to be floating across the sky; the water can almost be heard tumbling over the stones.