Landscape with Three Naked Boys, one riding a goat
Abraham Cornelisz Begeyn (Leiden 1637/38 - Berlin 1697)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1675 - 1677
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
514 x 737 mm (20 ¼ x 29 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140167
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Landscape with Three Naked Boys, one of them riding a goat, by Abraham Begeyn (Leyden 1637 or 1638 - Berlin 1697). A naked boy standing with his back to the spectator on the left, at his feet is a dog, in the centre a naked boy sits astride a goat going to the left, a third naked boy runs behind the goat urging it on. A large tree occupies the centre and there are distant view of mountains and cloudy skies.
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)
Makers and roles
Abraham Cornelisz Begeyn (Leiden 1637/38 - Berlin 1697) , artist