Landscape with Figures on a Road
Abraham Cornelisz Begeyn (Leiden 1637/38 - Berlin 1697)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1637 - 1697
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
305 x 940 mm (12 x 37 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140171
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Landscape with Figures on a Road by Abraham Begeyn (Leyden 1637 or 1638 - Berlin 1697). Two men stand beside a seated lady, a third man mounted on a horse, with its lead rein held by a fourth. Coppice of trees to the left, open landscape to rear and right with distant horizon and cloudy sky.
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
B2668
Makers and roles
Abraham Cornelisz Begeyn (Leiden 1637/38 - Berlin 1697) , artist