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| Artist | Attributed to manner of Dujardin, Karel (Dutch painter and printmaker, 1626-1678) |
| Title | Girl Driving Cattle |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1600 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1800 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 56 x 67.5 cm (estimate) |
| Description | This genre scene shows a girl leading her cattle. A shepherd sits with his dog outside a brick building. The subject is characteristic of the work of Karel Dujardin, who specialised in small, simply constructed scenes of herders and cattle set in landscapes bathed in a warm, Mediterranean light. |
| Subject | landscape; animal (cattle, dog); figure; everyday life |
| Collection | Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle |
| Current accession number | B.M.304 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by the founders John and Joséphine Bowes 1885. |
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| Rights status | The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham |
| Author | Dr Mercedes Cerón |
