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| Artist | Attributed to school of Bassano, Jacopo, il vecchio (Italian painter and draftsman, ca. 1510-1592) |
| Previous attributions | Previously attributed to Bassano, Leandro (Italian painter, 1557-1622) Previously attributed to Teniers, David, II (Flemish painter, 1610-1690) |
| Title | Two Peasants with Animals |
| Alternative/previous titles | Two Peasants with Dogs and Animals in a Landscape |
| Date earliest | possibly 1575 |
| Date latest | possibly 1650 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 38 x 57.5 cm |
| Description | This small canvas depicts a couple with their dogs and cattle in a landscape setting. It has been attributed to a follower of Jacopo Bassano, the leading member of the dynasty of painters from the Veneto. Jacopo Bassano's oeuvre comprises for the most part Biblical scenes and paintings of everyday life, and his work was frequently emulated by his sons and by his many followers. This particular painting relates in certain details to Spring from a series of The Seasons which Jacopo Bassano painted in 1574. It includes the motif of a kneeling figure which often features in Bassano's work. |
| Subject | animal (cattle, dog, hare); figure; landscape; everyday life |
| Collection | New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester |
| Current accession number | L.F34.1939.0.0 |
| Previous accession number(s) | 34 A 1939 |
| Acquisition details | Purchased from Messrs T. Agnews and Sons, London, 1939, £23 10s. |
| Provenance | Given by an anonymous collector to The Lord Baldwin Fund for Refugees; The Lord Baldwin Fund for Refugees sale, Christie's, London, 1939, lot 233, as by Jacopo Bassano, bought by Messrs Agnew. |
| Principal publications | Leicester Museums and Art Gallery: Collection of Paintings, Leicester 1958, cat. no.1, ill. 1f; Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain: An Index of Continental Old Master Paintings Executed before c.1800 in Public Collections in the United Kingdom, London, 1976, p. 10. |
| Notes | Label on the reverse, inscribed '9950'. A second label is inscribed '8522', 'Two Peasants with Dogs and Animals in a Landscape', and gives an attribution to Leandro Bassano. |
| Rights status | Leicester City Museums Service |
| Author | Dr Angela Smith |
