( Flemish, 1592 - 1626 )
An Arcadian Landscape with Courting Shepherds and Their Flock
Materials:
oil on panel
Measurements:
19.53 in. (49.60 cm.) (height) by 25.24 in. (64.10 cm.) (width)
Markings:
inscribed with inventory number lower left: 504
Literature:
Newbattle Abbey inventory, c. 1788 ('Landscape, figures, on wood (Breughel)');. Newbattle Abbey inventory, March 1833, no. 504 (as 'J. Breughel (style)');. Newbattle Abbey inventory, May 1878, no. 504 (Front Stairs);. Monteviot House inventory, 14 July 1989, no. 504 (Morning Room).
Provenance:
William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian (1737-1815), by at least 1788;. Thence by descent.