Shepherd and Shepherdess in a Landscape
attributed to Dirck van Bergen (Haarlem c.1645 – Haarlem c.1690)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2134 x 1676 mm (84 x 66 in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 653193
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Shepherd and Shepherdess in a Landscape, attributed to Dirck van Bergen (Haarlem c.1645 – Haarlem c.1690), previously Hendrick Danckerts (The Hague 1625 - Amsterdam 1680). Showing a landscape with a Shepherd and Shepherdess, resting with their sheep and goats on a road, the two main figures at the left, in the distance at the left more figures, a tree in the centre, a distant landscape to the right, a village in the distance at the left of the composition.
Provenance
Vernon collection transferred to the Treasury in 1967 following death of 9th Lord Vernon, and transferred to The National Trust in 1967
Credit line
Sudbury Hall, The Vernon Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1967)
Makers and roles
attributed to Dirck van Bergen (Haarlem c.1645 – Haarlem c.1690), artist Hendrick Danckerts (The Hague 1625 - Amsterdam 1680), artist