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© A Shepherd with his Flock in a Woody Landscape, c. 1615-22, National Gallery, London

Object details

TitleA Shepherd with his Flock in a Woody Landscape
Technique and supportOil on panel
Dimensions64.3 x 94.3
Inventory numberNG2924

Collection and provenance

CollectionNational Gallery, London
Provenance
  • Perhaps P. P. Rubens sale (†), Antwerp, 1640 (112);
  • perhaps coll. the dealer Gersaint, Paris, ca. 1721;
  • perhaps coll. the artist and dealer Peeter Snijers, Antwerp, 1747;
  • certainly in the Cressent sale, Paris, 15 ff. January, 1749 (79);
  • coll. the Earl of Carlisle (1748–1825), by whom lent to the B.I. (71) in 1819;
  • presented by Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle, 1913.

Literature

SMITH 1830, II, p. 322, no. 1206
Waagen 1854, II, p. 278
ROOSES 1890, IV, pp. 368, 369, no. 1177
BURCKHARDT 1898, p. 319
DILLON 1909, p. 231
OLDENBOURG 1921, V, p. 472
KIESER 1931, p. 289, n. 7
HERRMANN 1936, pp. 15, 70, n. 36
MACLAREN 1936, p. 208, pl. 11A
BORENIUS 1936, pp. 138, 139
RACZYŃSKI 1937, p.80
EVERS 1942, pp. 392-6, 505, nn. 415, 416, fig. 221
GLÜCK 1940, pp. 16-18, 54, 55, no. 4
MARTIN 1966, pp. 180 ff.
MARTIN 1970, pp. 200-3, no. 2924, Appendix I
ADLER 1982, pp. 92-4, no. 23, fig. 72
INGAMELLS 1982, p. 289 n. 2
BROWN, REEVE AND WYLD 1982, pp. 27-8, 33-4, fig. 10
BROWN 1996, pp. 52, 54, 55, 56, 99, 101, 102, 103, 117, fig. 48
LIEDTKE 1997, p. 54, fig. 81
KIRBY 1999, p. 21
BROWN 2000, pp. 269-70, fig.2
KLEINERT 2014, pp. 39, 40, 43, 51, 53, 82, 126, 141, 167, pl. 7
BISACCA 2017, p. 103
DAVIS 2020, p. 38, fig. 2.6
KLEINERT 2023, p. 112

Panel reverse

Cradled or uncradledUncradled
Guild marksArms of Antwerp