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| Artist | After Berchem, Nicolaes (Dutch painter, printmaker, and draftsman, 1620-1683) |
| Title | Peasants and Animals Crossing a Ford |
| Date earliest | probably 1700 |
| Date latest | probably 1800 |
| Material | oil on panel |
| Measurements | 26.6 x 31.8 cm |
| Description | A woman sits side saddle on a horse and gestures with her left hand in the air. She is closely followed by a man playing bagpipes as he wades barefoot into the stream. Behind him is a second woman with a basket on her head. A second man bends forward carrying his boots as he too enters the water with a dog in attendance. A laden pack horse goes before, following a further man into middle distance. The whole group are accompanied by six sheep. To the left is a tree and to the right an open hillside. |
| Subject | landscape; figure; animal (horse; sheep; dog) |
| Collection | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum |
| Current accession number | 53 |
| Previous accession number(s) | 80 (1855); 34 (1893) |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by Archibald McLellan 1854. |
| Principal publications | McLellan Catalogue, Glasgow, 1855, p. 6, no. 80, as after Berchem; Hofstede de Groot, C., 'Hollandsche Kunst in Schotland', Oud Holland, 11, 1893, p. 137, no. 34, as after Berchem; Miles, H., Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Glasgow Art Gallery, Glasgow, 1961, I, p. 24, no. 53, as after Berchem, 'a copy (perhaps late 18th century) of a picture by Berchem which was in the Hamburg art market c.1935'. |
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| Rights status | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) |
| Author | Robert Wenley |
