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Travellers with a Carriage Crossing a Bridge c.1650-1750
Oil on canvas | 47.5 x 69.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406428
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This is one of a set of eight ovals recorded in Kensington Palace in 1778 (see also CW 23, 403545; CW 24, 404345; CW 251, 406427; CW 253, 406424; CW 254, 406422; CW 255, 403547; CW 256, 406423). They appear to be good nearly contemporary imitations of the style of Philips Wouwermans, in the case of six of them (including this one), and Nicolaes Berchem, in the case of the remaining two. This scene shows two men in the foreground hauling a boat onto a muddy riverbank, a small rowing boat behind them; the river is spanned by a stone bridge which is crossed by an elegant couple with a dog and a carriage; the way is lead by two men on horseback.
Provenance
Probably acquired by George III
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
47.5 x 69.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
60.5 x 83.4 x 3.5 cm (frame, external)
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Travellers on the shore about to embark in a boat; a carriage with two horses near