Classical Landscape with a Man and Two Women conversing, a Villa in the Distance
Jan Frans van Bloemen, called Orizzonte (Antwerp 1662 – Rome 1749)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1715 - 1725
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
733 x 546 mm (28 7/8 x 21 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608990
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Classical Landscape with a Man and Two Women conversing, a Villa in the Distance by Jan Frans von Bloemen, called Orizzonte (Antwerp 1662 – Rome 1749), circa 1715 - 1730. A framed oval classical landscape showing a man leaning on a staff with two reclining women in the foreground. Classical buildings can be seen beyond a stretch of water with a group of trees to the left.
Provenance
One of a set of six oval pictures listed in the bill of lading in the papers from William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick, PC, FSA (1773 - 1842), which is that of his final return from Naples to England in 1833, thence by descent; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Credit line
Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On front of frame: 54 141 On stretcher covered by modern backing board: ATT/P/054 On back of frame (top): 10 Dressing Room (?) (in very faint pencil) 16 On back of frame: 2 On back of frame (bottom): ATT/PF/054
Makers and roles
Jan Frans van Bloemen, called Orizzonte (Antwerp 1662 – Rome 1749) , artist
Exhibition history
In Trust for the Nation, National Gallery, London, 1995 - 1996, no.42c