A Cottage Interior with Peasants
Cornelis Pietersz Bega (Haarlem 1631/32 – Haarlem 1664)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1652 - 1664
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
273 x 279 mm (10 3/4 x 11 in)
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298181
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Cottage Interior with Peasants by Cornelis Bega (Haarlem 1631/2 – Haarlem 1664), signed, bottom right: c bega (?over-written). It depicts an interior with a mother and four children seated around a fire.
Provenance
Sir George Warrender sale, Christie's, 3 June 1837, lot 3: bought by Wilbraham Egerton; bequeathed by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874 - 1958) to the National Trust with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park
Credit line
Tatton Park, The Egerton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Cornelis Pietersz Bega (Haarlem 1631/32 – Haarlem 1664), artist