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Cattle and Sheep Resting under Trees: a Shepherdess Asleep Signed and dated 1668
Oil on panel | 37.5 x 42.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404815
Adriaen van de Velde (Amsterdam 1636-Amsterdam 1672)
Cattle and Sheep Resting under Trees: a Shepherdess Asleep Signed and dated 1668
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This idyllic glade scene in perfect condition exactly captures what eighteenth and nineteenth century collectors sought in this popular artist: precision in the detail and a poetic mood evoked in spite of the mundane motif.
On the right, two cows and a sheep are seated at the foot of a pair of trees, with more animals further back; a pond in the distance; on the left, a seated donkey and, behind, the sleeping shepherdess with her dog.
Inscribed: 'A. V. Velde. f. 1668'Provenance
Purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring as part of a group of 86 Dutch and Flemish paintings, most of which were collected by Sir Thomas’s father, Sir Francis Baring; they arrived at Carlton House on 6 May 1814; previously in the collection of Mary, Countess of Holderness; recorded in the Dining Room at Carlton House in 1816 (no 73); in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace in 1841 (no 34)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on panel
Measurements
37.5 x 42.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
52.0 x 57.1 x 5.0 cm (frame, external)
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