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The evening sun touches the sturdy cattle standing at the foot of the ruins of a Roman archway. The soft light casts shadows on the weather-worn stones, displaying the ruin’s age and former grandeur. The hills behind may have been recorded by Berchem during a possible stay in Italy, but the cows are unmistakably Dutch cows, highly valued for their vital place in the Dutch economy. Berchem’s work, like that of other Italianate painters –- who had lived in Italy and been influenced by the work of Italian artists, the southern landscape and the remnants of Antiquity – was prized by collectors until well into the nineteenth century, but then began to be seen as ‘un-Dutch’ and therefore less interesting. The picture became part of Sir Robert Peel’s large collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings.
Title
Peasants with Four Oxen and a Goat at a Ford by a Ruined Aqueduct
Date
probably 1655-60
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 47.1 x W 38.7 cm
Accession number
NG820
Acquisition method
Bought, 1871
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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