Classical Landscape with Ruins and Peasants by a Fountain
Italo-Flemish School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
730 x 610 mm (28 3/4 x 24 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732253
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Classical Landscape with Ruins and Peasants by a Fountain, Italo-Flemish school, circa 1700. An upright landscape with figures and cattle at a classical fountain with stone statues in the foreground and a ruined ampitheatre in the background.
Provenance
Probably acquired by Richard Colt Hoare 2nd Bt (1758 – 1838).Given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscribed on back of stretcher in black paint: 108 Verso: Inscribed on back of stretcher in pencil: Bottom Picture nearest to End Wall / Right handside of Fireplace Verso: Inscribed on back of frame in pencil: Over door leaving Entrance Hall Verso: Inscribed on paper label stuck to back of frame in red ink: STOURHEAD No.151 / SALOON ABOVE SOUTH DOOR
Makers and roles
Italo-Flemish School , artist Hendrik Mommers (Haarlem 1623 – Amsterdam 1693), artist