Three Peasants conversing near a Window
after Cornelis Pietersz Bega (Haarlem 1631/32 – Haarlem 1664)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
292 x 238 mm (11 1/2 x 9 3/8 in )
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 836227
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Three Peasants conversing near a Window, after Cornelis Bega (Haarlem 1631/2 – Haarlem 1664). Two men and a woman, in a rustic interior with window behind them on the right.
Provenance
Purchased from Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor, in 1967, with a grant from the Ulster Land Fund
Credit line
Castle Ward, The Bangor Collection (accepted in lieu of tax by HM Treasury and transferred to the National Trust in 1953)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: CORNELIUS BEGA (on inside frame) Verso: On the back is an old Dutrch Sale Catalogue cut-out (unidentifiable) and numbers written in black: 090 [?] and 260
Makers and roles
after Cornelis Pietersz Bega (Haarlem 1631/32 – Haarlem 1664), artist