Extensive Woody Landscape with Gypsies telling a Gentleman's Fortune
attributed to Jacques d'Arthois (Brussels 1613 - Brussels 1686)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1729
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
495 x 1283 mm (19 1/2 x 50 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624183
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Extensive Wooded Landscape with Gypsies telling a Gentleman's Fortune, attributed to Jacques d'Arthois (Brussels 1613 – Brussels 1686), early 17th century. Rockly woodlands on the left, a road in the centre with figures, distant landscape with a hill or mountain and to the right, rocky landscape with some buildings perched on a crag.
Provenance
Purchased from Lady Margaret Ann Elton (1915 – 1995), 1981 with the help of grants from the V&A Purchase Fund and the NHMF
Makers and roles
attributed to Jacques d'Arthois (Brussels 1613 - Brussels 1686), artist previously catalogued as attributed to David Teniers the younger (Antwerp 1610 - Brussels 1690), artist