A Peasant Family in a Kitchen
Anglo-Dutch School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
180 x 275 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290227
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Peasant Family in a Kitchen, Anglo-Dutch School, 17th century. The scene shows a woman hiding her two children in cupboards. An old man sits on top of one of these cupboards with a box. Another figure kneels at the door.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Makers and roles
Anglo-Dutch School, artist