Attributed to Adriaen van de Velde (Amsterdam 1636-Amsterdam 1672)
Cattle, a Horse and a Sleeping Herdsman c.1660-70
Oil on canvas | 44.9 x 39.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402833
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This is the work of an early copyist or imitator of Adriaen van de Velde. In the centre, a standing cow, with a cow and a sheep lying down on the left; behind them a shepherd sleeps with his horse beside him, beneath a tent strung from two trees on a low hill.
The painting appears in Pyne's illustrated 'Royal Residences' of 1819, hanging in the King's Writing Closet at Hampton Court Palace (RCIN 922133).Provenance
Probably acquired by William III; first recorded at Hampton Court in 1710 (Closet below Stairs, no 51)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
44.9 x 39.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
60.4 x 54.2 x 5.4 cm (frame, external)
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