A Pastoral Scene
Balthazar Paul Ommeganck (Antwerp 1755 - Antwerp 1826)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1789
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2959 x 2134 mm (116 1/2 x 84 in)
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1175957
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Pastoral Scene by Balthazar Paul Ommeganck (Antwerp 1755 - Antwerp 1826), bottom left: BP.Ommeganck f., circa 1789. A large upright pastoral scene with cattle, sheep and goats in the foreground, a drover being given directions by a female peasant sitting on a mule, a herdsman driving the animals from the rear.
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