Imitator of Philips Wouwerman (Haarlem 1619-Haarlem 1668)
Mendicants in the Courtyard of a Convent being Relieved with Soup by a Friar c.1700-99
Oil on canvas | 36.2 x 43.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402473
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This is one of three copies or imitations of Dutch masters (Adriaen van de Velde and Wouwerman, CW 258-60, 402473, 402511 and 402507), probably dating from the eighteenth century acquired by Queen Victoria. A group of figures in a semi-ruined courtyard; a friar is giving soup to a man begging; figures and a laden mule approach through an arch.
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One of a group of three paintings (CW 258-60, 402473, 402511 and 402507) acquired by Queen Victoria in 1839; recorded in Room no 125 at Windsor Castle in 1879
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Oil on canvas
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36.2 x 43.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
59.5 x 67.4 x 6.4 cm (frame, external)
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