Night Scene with Figures grouped around a Fire
Dirck van Bergen (Haarlem c.1645 – Haarlem c.1690)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1675 - 1677
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1029 x 1391 mm (40 ½ x 54 ¾ in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140172
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Night Scene with Figures grouped around a Fire, by Dirck Van den Bergen (1640-1695). Figures grouped around a fire and sheltering under a canvas awning, their animals behind with a small chapel in the top right hand corner, distant horizon on the left with a moon 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)
Makers and roles
Dirck van Bergen (Haarlem c.1645 – Haarlem c.1690), artist Abraham Cornelisz Begeyn (Leiden 1637/38 - Berlin 1697) , artist