The Miseries of War
Philips Wouwerman (Haarlem 1619 - Haarlem 1688)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1639 - 1668
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
585 x 810 mm
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421744
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Miseries of War by Philips Wouverman (Haarlem 1619 - Haarlem 1668).
Provenance
Bought by Colonel the Hon. Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai (1800 – 1886);thence by descent to Hugh Napier Douglas-Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llangedai (1894 – 1949), who left Penryhn and its estates to his niece, Lady Janet Marcia Rose Pelham (1923 - 1997), who with her husband John Charles Harper, thereupon assumed the name of Douglas Pennant; accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust for display at Penrhyn Castle, 2002.
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection
Makers and roles
Philips Wouwerman (Haarlem 1619 - Haarlem 1688), artist