Classical Landscape with Figures and Animals
attributed to Nicolaes Berchem the Elder (Haarlem 1620 – Amsterdam 1683)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1670 - circa 1679
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
475 x 495 mm
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 2900170
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Classical Landscape with Figures and Animals, attributed to Nicholaes Pietersz. Berchem (Haarlem 1620 – Amsterdam 1683), 1670s. In gilded shaped frame decorated with foliage and strapwork. Another version of this work is in the collection of the Musée du Louvre (inv. no. 1040, Le passage du bac).
Provenance
John Cust, 2nd Baron and later 1st Earl Brownlow (1779-1853), Belton House, 1809 inventory, no. 271; Adelbert Salusbury Cockayne Cust, 5th Baron Brownlow (1867-1927); by whom bequeathed to his sister the Hon. Marion Isabella Cust (1854-1939), wife of Brownlow Christopher Tower (1851-1932); Mrs H.I. Wonfor, London; with Alfred Brod, London, 1958 (advertised and illustrated in The Connoisseur, June 1958, p 61); sold at Christie's, 9 December 1994 (lot 212); private collection, UK; purchased by the National Trust at auction at Tennants, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, 20 March 2015 (lot 457)
Makers and roles
attributed to Nicolaes Berchem the Elder (Haarlem 1620 – Amsterdam 1683), artist
References
Hofstede de Groot 1907-28 Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten Holländischen Maler des XVII Jahrhunderts,1907-28, vol. 9, no. 476, p. 187 Schaar 1956 E. Schaar, Berchem Bulletin, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 1956