Nymphs bathing by Ruins
attributed to Cornelis van Poelenburch (Utrecht 1594/5 - Utrecht 1667)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
607 x 746 mm
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1401150
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Nymphs bathing by Ruins, attributed to Cornelis van Poelenburch (Utrecht 1594/5 - Utrecht 1667) A tall weed-grown ruin amid mountainous scenery. Nymphs are bathing or seated at left. Not recorded in the 1764 or 1771 inventories, so may have taken the place of the 'Berghem' landscape.
Provenance
William Windham II (1717 - 1761); recorded, the 'Landskip by Berghem' from the Drawing Room, listed in the 1764 and 1771 inventories; thence by descent to Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906 - 1969), by whom bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969
Makers and roles
attributed to Cornelis van Poelenburch (Utrecht 1594/5 - Utrecht 1667) , artist attributed to Nicolaes Berchem the Elder (Haarlem 1620 – Amsterdam 1683), artist possibly Daniel Vertangen (1598 -1681/1684) , artist