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| Artist | Attributed to manner of Berchem, Nicolaes (Dutch painter, printmaker, and draftsman, 1620-1683) |
| Previous attributions | Previously attributed to Carree, Michiel (Dutch painter and engraver, 1657-1727 or 1747) |
| Title | Landscape with Cattle and Figures at a Ford |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1650 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1800 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 57.4 x 71.7 cm |
| Inscription | front lr 'Berchem' |
| Description | The setting is a river ford with groups of animals; cattle, goats, sheep and dogs on both riverbanks and on a path leading off across a hillside in the direction of a distant mountain. There are three figures on the near bank; a woman on a horse, conversing with another woman who carries a basket. Both the horse woman and a man standing further off carry long cattle prods. On the far bank is a man with packhorses and sheep while other travellers can be seen at the height of the hillside path. |
| Subject | landscape; figure; animal (cow; horse; dog) |
| Collection | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum |
| Current accession number | 117 |
| Previous accession number(s) | 166 (1855); 31 (1893) |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by Archibald McLellan 1854. |
| Principal publications | McLellan Catalogue, Glasgow, 1855, p. 8, no. 166, as after Berchem; Hofstede de Groot, C., 'Hollandsche Kunst in Schotland', Oud Holland, 11, 1893, p. 137, no. 31, as by Michiel Carré; Miles, H., Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Glasgow Art Gallery, Glasgow, 1961, I, p. 24, no. 117, II, p. 37, as imitator of Berchem. |
| Notes |
W. Liedtke 2003 (oral communication) 'possibly autograph, if minor example'. |
| Rights status | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) |
| Author | Robert Wenley |
