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Current Location: Gallery 15: Dutch Gallery

Titles

Landscape with cattle and figures

Maker(s)

Painter: Velde, Adriaen van de

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Notes

History note: Edward King; bequeathed to his widow, Susanna King, 1807; bequeathed to her late husband's niece, Anne Windsor, later Countess of Plymouth, 1820; bequeathed to her great-nephew, A.A. VanSittart, 1850

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1864) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur

Dating

Production date: AD 1664

School or Style

Dutch

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas
Frame Depth 7.1 cm Height 147.8 cm Width 188.7 cm
Canvas Height 125.7 cm Width 167 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: A.V.Velde
  • Location: On the trunk of the tree
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1664
  • Location: On the trunk of the tree
  • Type: Date

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 88
Primary reference Number: 2091
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 15 September 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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