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| Title | A Land Storm | |
| Collection | University of Edinburgh Fine Art Collection | |
| Artist | Attributed to Bloemen, Jan Frans van (Flemish painter, 1662-1749, active in France and Italy) Previously attributed to Dughet, Gaspard (French landscape painter, 1615-1675, active in Italy) |
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| Date Earliest | about 1685 | |
| Date Latest | 1749 | |
| Description | This painting was previously attributed to Gaspar Dughet. However, Boisclair rejects the attribution of this painting to Dughet and suggests Jan Frans van Bloemen as a more likely attribution. Jan Frans van Bloemen was born in Antwerp and worked in Rome where he was influenced by the landscapes of Dughet. Known as 'Orizzonte', he was patronised by the Roman aristocracy. His works are represented in many museums and private collections throughout Europe. | |
| Current Accession Number | EU 728 | |
| Former Accession Number | NGS no. 61 | |
| Subject | landscape | |
| Measurements | 53.0 x 79 cm.0 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Sir James Erskine, third Baronet of Torrie 1835. | |
| Provenance | Colonna Palace; Robert Fagan sale, Rome, 1803, bought by Buchanan; Buchanan sale, bought Richard Creed; Richard Creed sale, Christie's, London, 15 May 1813, lot 11, unsold. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | The Torrie Collection. An Exhibition to mark the Quatercentenary of the University of Edinburgh, Talbot Rice Art Centre, The University of Edinburgh, 1983, cat. no. 28. | |
| Publications | Buchanan, W., Memoirs of Painting, London, II, 1824, p. 178-180; Passavant, M., Tour of a German Artist in England, I, London, 1836, p. 134; Waagen, G., Treasures of Art in Great Britain, 1854-7, London, vol. 3, p. 275, no. 41; Catalogue of Portraits and busts of Benefactors, Principals, Professors and others and of the Torrie Collection of Paintings and Bronzes. The Property of the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1909; The Torrie Collection. An Exhibition to mark the Quatercentenary of the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1983, cat. no. 28, p. 25; Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain, London and New York, 1976, p. 164; Boisclair, M-N., Gaspard Dughet, Paris, 1978, p. 130, cat. no. R. 27; Macmillan, D., A Catalogue of the The Torrie Collection, Edinburgh, 2004, p. 24; Boisclair, M-N., Gaspard Dughet, Arthena, Paris, 1986, cat. no. 475, p. 307, R. 32. | |
| Notes | Engraved by M. Dubourg, 1809 after a drawing by W. M. Craig, published by Edward Orme. The Torrie Collection picture may be the one formerly in the Altieri Palace, Rome (Macmillan, D., A Catalogue of the The Torrie Collection, University of Edinburgh, 2004, p. 24). A related version is in Rome (Galleria Gasparrini, Boisclair no. R. 203).Waagen thought this painting 'poetical in composition' but considered that the 'treatment of the trees and the colouring of the figures, especially of the brick-red tone, [led him] to consider it a very beautiful picture by Julius Frans van Bloemen, called Orizzonte' (Waagen, G., Treasures of Art in Great Britain, 1854-7, London, vol 3, p. 275, no. 41). Boisclair rejects the attribution to Dughet and also favours Jan Frans van Bloemen. Boisclair notes that both versions are similar to a Tempête by Van Bloemen in the Galerie Doria-Pamphilj. The figure of the man in the turban also occurs in another landscape by van Bloemen and the dog is also seen in a painting by Van Bloemen (See Busiri Vici, A., 1974, fig. 180 and cat no 105). The provenance of this painting has been previously confused with a painting in the Mahon collection (Boisclair, no. R.44) (Boisclair, M-N., Gaspard Dughet, Arthena, Paris, 1986, cat no. 475, p. 307, R. 32). | |
| Rights Owner | Torrie Collection | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |