A Barn Interior with Goats, Cattle and Peasants
Govaert Dircksz Camphuysen (Gorinchem c.1623 - Amsterdam 1672)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1645 - 1672
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
510 x 660 mm
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290372
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Barn Interior with Goats, Cattle and Peasants by Govaert Dircksz-Camphuysen (Gorinchem c.1623 – Amsterdam 1672). Barn interior with an open stable door to the left, the open timber frame of the roof above. A man is milking a cow. Another cow and three goats are near the doorway. The background is very gloomy.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Makers and roles
Govaert Dircksz Camphuysen (Gorinchem c.1623 - Amsterdam 1672), artist