A Woodland Scene
Cornelis Gerritsz. Decker (fl.1643 - d.1678)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1667 (initialed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
794 x 629 mm (31 1/4 x 24 3/4 in)
Place of origin
Haarlem
Order this imageCollection
Ascott Estate, Buckinghamshire
NT 1535128
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Woodland Scene by Cornelis Gerritz Decker (Haarlem before 1625 – Haarlem 1678), signed and dated, on fence at right: CD 1667 (?). A peasant family in front of their cottage in the wood at the right; a rough track runs through the wood; at the left is a pond, at which a dog is drinking. Figures maybe by Adriaen van Ostade, who on occasions collaborated with Decker.
Provenance
Baron de Lionel de Rothschild; Anthony de Rothschild (1887-1961), Ascott; by whom given with the house, grounds, and most of the contents of the showrooms, in 1949
Credit line
Ascott, The Anthony de Rothschild Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Cornelis Gerritsz. Decker (fl.1643 - d.1678), artist Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem 1610 – Haarlem 1685), artist
References
Ascott, Buckinghamshire, Scala, 2008 by John Martin Robinson and others [pictures entries by Karin Wolfe on basis of Gore entries, 1963 with contributions from Alastair Laing] , no. 106