Classical Landscape with a Grecian Temple
Ludwig Philipp Strack (Haina 1761 – Oldenbourg 1836)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1786 (signed) - 1794
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
844 x 1181 mm (33 1/4 x 46 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609054
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Classical Landscape with a Grecian Temple by Ludwig Philipp Strack (Haina 1761 – Oldenbourg 1836), signed, bottom, inner right: Ludwig Strack fecit, circa 1786/1794. In the foreground a musician playing a lyre to the right, watched by nymphs and shepherds, a Grecian temple situated on the far riverbank.
Provenance
Attingham collection. 1913 Inventory p.70; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Credit line
Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Ludwig Strack fecit (signed bottom right)
Makers and roles
Ludwig Philipp Strack (Haina 1761 – Oldenbourg 1836), artist