Landscape with a Farm
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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 37 x 53 cm h x w x d: Ram 52 x 67 x 6 cm
Inventory numberNM 368
Other titlesTitle (sv): Landskap med bondgård Title (en): Landscape with a Farm
DescriptionCatalogue raisonné: Description in Flemish paintings C. 1600-C. 1800 III, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2010, cat.no. 52: Technical notes: The oak panel (±0.5–0.8 cm thick) consists of a single radial board with horizontal grain. Bevelling along four edges on the back. Worm holes visible near bottom centre. Dendrochronology has determined a felling date between c. 1586 and 1596, with the most plausible date being 1592. The wood originates from the Baltic region. Paint is applied over a thick off-white ground in thin, opaque and translucent layers with minimal brush marking. The figures appear to be painted on top of the background. Scattered small losses, wear and abrasion along the bottom and left edges, in the lower right corner and in the foliage at the upper right. An aged varnish layer is present. Provenance. Coll. Sack Bergshammar; Gustav III 1792, no. 329 (?); KM 1795, no. 111, (as Pieter Brueghel II); KM 1816, no. 756. Bibliography: NM Cat. 1867, p. 25; Sander II, p. 128, no. 329; Sander IV, p. 99, no. 756, (as Pieter Breugel d’Enfer (II)); Göthe 1887, pp. 35–36; Göthe 1893, p. 44; NM Cat. 1958, p. 31, (as the manner of Jan Brueghel I); NM Cat. 1990, p. 59, (as the manner of Jan Brueghel I). The painting depicts a landscape with buildings. In the foreground a horseman in a red knitted garment is riding a brown horse. He is leading another yellow horse and meets a woman, a man and a boy walking towards him, while in the distance several figures and animals can be seen, as well as buildings. Göthe (1893) states that the painting was probably acquired by Gustav III from the Sacks collection and Sander describes it as a work by Pieter Brueghel II. In the museum’s catalogues from 1958 and 1990 it has been listed under the name of Jan Brueghel I. Because of the old-fashioned characteristics of the landscape with its layered and rather billowing fields it would be more correct to follow Sanders in attributing it to Pieter Brueghel II or one of his followers. GCB [End]
Motif categoryLandscape
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TechniquePainting
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