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| Artist | Attributed to manner of Droochsloot, Joost Cornelisz. (Dutch painter, 1586-1666) |
| Previous attributions | Previously attributed to Dutch School |
| Title | Dutch Village Scene |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1700 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1900 |
| Material | oil on panel |
| Measurements | 32.5 x 38 cm |
| Inscription | front ll ' JCD' |
| Description | This work is believed to date from the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and is in the style of the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Cornelis Droochsloot, whose stereotypical village scenes have been widely copied. This work is similar to many Droochsloot compositions, though perhaps utilises a broader perspective than some, with its receding village street, and figures dotted in artfully arranged groups throughout the composition. |
| Subject | everyday life; buildings and gardens; figure |
| Collection | Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead |
| Current accession number | TWCMS:C7393 |
| Previous accession number(s) | SAG 441 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by J. A. D. Shipley, 1909. |
| Principal publications | Catalogue of the Shipley Collection, 1917, no. 441 as Dutch Village without attribution; Catalogue of the Shipley Collection, 1921, no. 441 as Dutch Village without attribution; Catalogue of the Shipley Collection, 1951, no. 441 as Dutch School, 19th century. |
| Notes |
In 1974, Christie's attributed the painting to Droochsloot himself, but after further research, in 1977 Amanda Lillie recorded an attributiuon as after Droochsloot, possibly eighteenth or nineteenth century. |
| Rights status | The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead (Tyne and Wear Museums) |
| Author | Elizabeth van der Beugel |
