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Landscape With Milkmaid And Peasants
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Born and trained in Antwerp, Siberechts is first recorded as a master in the city's guild of St. Luke for the year 1648-49. He is chiefly known for bucolic rural views of country people executed in a vigorously realistic manner. Siberechts seems to have been particularly fascinated by the motif of peasants driving their carts along stream beds, using them as if they were roadways. In 1672 the artist moved to London, focusing thereafter on topographical views of country houses.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1909 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1981-1982 | New Light on Old Pictures: Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Walters. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/16/1942 | Treatment | coated; inpainted; surface cleaned; varnish removed or reduced |
| 9/27/1984 | Examination | examined for condition |
Geographies
Flanders (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 43 5/8 x W: 56 1/8 in. (110.8 x 142.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters before 1909 (listed in The Walters Collection (Baltimore 1909), no. 354.
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.354