A Woman conversing with Two Men on a Path
Jan Frans van Bloemen, called Orizzonte (Antwerp 1662 – Rome 1749)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1682 - 1749
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
635 x 940 mm (25 x 37 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151338
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Woman conversing with Two Men on a Path, by Jan Frans van Bloemen, called Orizzonte (Antwerp 1662 – Rome 1749). A large-scale classical landscape with three Arcadian figures in foreground on a road; a clump of trees to right in middle distance; mountains beyond.
Provenance
In undated early 19th century inventory of Erddig, as: "Landscape - - Horizonti"; thence by descent until given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Credit line
Erddig, The Yorke Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: 'GASPARD POUSIN./1615 - 1675' (on tablet)
Makers and roles
Jan Frans van Bloemen, called Orizzonte (Antwerp 1662 – Rome 1749) , artist
References
Erddig 1800-29 Inventory of contents of Erddig, 1800-1829, "Landscape - - Horizonti": but when, then, did this picture lose that ascription, and gain one to Gaspar Poussin (Dughet)?