Landscape with Plants, Insects and a Squirrel
Abraham Cornelisz Begeyn (Leiden 1637/38 - Berlin 1697)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1675 - 1677
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1130 x 1283 mm (44 ½ x 50 ½ in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140056
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Landscape with Plants, Insects and a Squirrel by Abraham Begeyn (Leyden 1637 or 1638 - Berlin 1697), signed, bottom right: A.Bega / fecit. A landscape with trees and plants, insects and a squirrel, on the right a stone plinth with the carving of a laurel wreath, a distant horizon on the left.
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
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Marks and inscriptions
A Bega fec it
Makers and roles
Abraham Cornelisz Begeyn (Leiden 1637/38 - Berlin 1697) , artist