Cavaliers halting on a Roadway in a Landscape
Jacques d'Arthois (Brussels 1613 - Brussels 1686)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1686
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
570 x 850 mm
Place of origin
Brussels
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290452
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Cavaliers halting on a Roadway in a Landscape by Jacques d'Arthois (Brussels 1613 – Brussels 1686). Landscape with cavaliers on a road. Group of men to left standing around fallen tree. Cavalier wearing a red jacket reads a letter. A white horse rears up mounted by a cavalier with armour.
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 with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund)
Makers and roles
Jacques d'Arthois (Brussels 1613 - Brussels 1686), artist