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Catalogue raisonné: Description in Flemish paintings C. 1600-C. 1800 III, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2010, cat.no. 14:

Technical notes: The support consists of a single
piece of plain weave fabric attached to a hardboard
[marouflage]. The tacking edges present are concealed
by strips of paper glued along the edge of the stretcher.
Cusping present at the right side. The ground is light
white and applied thinly and was then followed by a
semi-transparent layer of brown imprimatura, which is
visible in the space between the tent and the horses. The
painting of the sky and the trees in the background is
thin and opaque. There are very few areas of impasto.
The figures were painted into the reserved areas left for
them. The palette consists mainly of earth pigments with
traces of red and blue. There are a few retouches, concentrated
mainly to the lower right edge of the foreground
and the middle of the tent. The figures are intact.
The varnish has yellowed to some extent but is evenly
applied. The painting is in good condition. The painting
underwent conservation treatment in 1941.

Provenance: Karl XIII (from1795); Holterman-
Wahrendorff coll.; bequeathed by Martin von Wahrendorff
in 1863.

Bibliography: Sander IV, p. 119, no. 26; Göthe 1887,
p. 19; Göthe 1893, p. 24; NM Cat. 1958, p. 17; Wilenski
1960, p. 497; NM Cat.1990, p. 33.

This and the following entry (no. 15) depict peaceful
travellers at rest with their horses, carriages and tents.
The painting is dated 1702, i.e. after Van Bloemen’s
return from Italy to Antwerp. The painting is hardly a
realistic depiction, the landscape can scarcely be located
to any specific country and the travellers are civilians
and unarmed. The titles traditionally given to the
works date back to Sander’s catalogues and are on
record from 1867. Sander has in his turn probably
made associations with the drawings and paintings
with similar motifs by Johan Philip Lemke from the
Thirty Years War, when more or less disciplined bands
of soldiers roamed to and fro all over Europe.
GCB

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