Landscape with Figures, Cattle and Sheep among Classical Ruins
Abraham Cornelisz Begeyn (Leiden 1637/38 - Berlin 1697)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1673
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
991 x 813 mm (39 x 32 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140018
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Landscape with Figures, Cattle and Sheep among Classical Ruins by Abraham Begeyn (Leyden 1637 or 1638 - Berlin 1697), signed bottom centre: A Bega fecit, circa 1673. A man with a girl on a donkey passing classical ruins. Cattle and sheep in the foreground.
Provenance
Acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Marks and inscriptions
signed b.c. - A. Bega
Makers and roles
Abraham Cornelisz Begeyn (Leiden 1637/38 - Berlin 1697) , artist