A Pastoral Scene
Balthazar Paul Ommeganck (Antwerp 1755 - Antwerp 1826)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1789 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2959 x 4013 mm (116 1/2 x 158 in)
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1175956
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Pastoral Scene by Balthazar Paul Ommeganck (Antwerp 1755 - Antwerp 1826), signed below left: BP Ommeganck ft. and dated 1789. A large horizontal landscape with drovers/travellers in a landscape lit by evening light, a bullock pulling a cart and sheep being driven, a mule carrying provisions with a female peasant feeding a sheep, the river in the background.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust for display at Plas Newydd, 2016.
Makers and roles
Balthazar Paul Ommeganck (Antwerp 1755 - Antwerp 1826), artist