Full Record |
| Title |
A Ford with Figures Crossing |
| Collection |
National Trust for Scotland (Brodie Castle) |
| Artist |
Manner of Berchem, Nicolaes (Dutch painter, printmaker, and draftsman, 1620-1683) |
| Date Earliest |
possibly 1660 |
| Date Latest |
possibly 1690 |
| Description |
The subject of herdsmen and their animals crossing a ford is a frequent motif in Berchem's work (e.g Herd of Cattle Crossing a Ford, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). A woman wearing a yellow dress is seated on a donkey led by the herdsman towards the shallow stream, which borders the foreground. She looks towards another woman dressed in red wading through the pool of water. The Italianate light and the idealised peasant types are typical of Berchem's work, which was widely imitated during his lifetime and thereafter. The sketchy quality of this painting suggests that this is the work of a follower. |
| Current Accession Number |
73.83 |
| Subject |
landscape; figure; animal (donkey, dog) |
| Measurements |
32.4 x 36.8 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on panel |
| Acquisition Details |
Given by Ninian, 25th Brodie of Brodie, 1980. |
| Provenance |
Possibly with William, 22nd Brodie of Brodie by about 1824; by descent to Ninian, 25th Brodie of Brodie. |
| Rights Owner |
National Trust for Scotland |
| Author |
Dr Claudia Heide |
