Landscape with Figures, Cattle, Sheep, and a Castle in the distance
Dirck van Bergen (Haarlem c.1645 – Haarlem c.1690)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1675 - 1677
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1156 x 813 mm (45 ½ x 32 in)
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140029
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Landscape with Figures, Cattle, Sheep, and a Castle in the Distance. In a clearing with a ruined tower in the right centre, with mountains behind. A man sits on a rock, resting his right elbow on a second rock, a figure stands behind him and a woman rest on the ground on the left. Cattle standing and lying down.
Provenance
In 1677 inventory and thence by descent until 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
Makers and roles
Dirck van Bergen (Haarlem c.1645 – Haarlem c.1690), artist