Cherrywoman with a Child
attributed to Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg 1639 – The Hague 1684)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1699
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
520 x 460 mm
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 21099
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Cherrywoman with a Child, attributed to Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg 1639 – The Hague 1684), mid to late 17th century. An old lady, seated on the right, in a street is selling cherries to a little girl who is standing next to her on the left. In front of the lady is a basket on the ground and she also holds up another to the girl.
Provenance
Adrian John Hope (1811-1863), his posthumous estate sale, London, Christie's Saturday 30 June 1894, lot 49, as 'The Cherry Seller' by Netscher (£278 to 'Bucks')[L, 52784]; purchased by Antony Gibbs (1841 - 1907); purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Paper label on back handwritten The Cherry Seller/Adrian Hope's sale 1894. Paper label on back printed Gaspar Netscher/1639 - 1684.
Makers and roles
attributed to Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg 1639 – The Hague 1684), artist