A Landscape with a Shepherd under an Awning surrounded by Sheep and a Goat
Dirck van Bergen (Haarlem c.1645 – Haarlem c.1690)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1675 - 1677
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1041 x 1067 mm (41 x 42 in)
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140179
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Landscape with a Shepherd under an Awning, surrounded by sheep, and a goat, by Dirck van Bergen (Haarlem c.1645 – Haarlem c.1690). Landscape with a shepherdess under an awning with sheep, in a woodland setting, two trees in the centre, shrubs on the left, a distant view of a mountain on the left with a distant horizon to the right with a 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
Makers and roles
Dirck van Bergen (Haarlem c.1645 – Haarlem c.1690), artist