Horsemen outside a Cottage
Barend Gael (c.1620 - 1687/1703)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1640 - 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
480 x 640 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453762
Caption
In this pendant to Barend Gael’s 'Horsemen halted in a Wood', also at Dyrham Park, a group of horsemen have halted to water their mounts at a cottage. It is signed 'B. GAEL' on the fence at the right of the composition. The signature on this painting and on its pendant may be original, but appear to have been reinforced. Both paintings were certainly at Dyrham Park by 1839, when they were mentioned in the inventory, but they are likely to have been purchased earlier, probably by William I Blathwayt (?1649–1717), who formed the collection of Dutch art at Dyrham.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Horsemen outside a Cottage, by Barend Gael (c.1620-1687 or 1703). A group of horsemen, some dismounted, rest outside a cottage, having halted to water their mounts.
Provenance
Purchased by Colnaghi for the National Trust from the sale of paintings from Dyrham Park at Sotheby's, 29 February 1956, lot 41 with its pendant NT 453761
Credit line
Dyrham Park, The Blathwayt Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On the fence at the right: B. GAEL
Makers and roles
Barend Gael (c.1620 - 1687/1703), artist
References
Catalogue of Old Master paintings the property of J. R. W. Blathwayt, Esq. [1956]., lot 41 Dyrham Park 1844 List of Valuable Pictures, Prints, &c at Dyrham House, Gloucestershire the Property of Geo: Wm. Blathwayt Esq. with nominal prices affixed to some for the purposes of Insurance only. [1844], in the Red Drawing Room, no.40 or 41