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| Title | An Old Bridge | |
| Collection | Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead | |
| Artist | Attributed to manner of Schellinks, Willem (Dutch painter, draftsman, and etcher, 1627-1678) Previously attributed to Asselyn, Jan (Dutch painter, ca.1610-1652) |
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| Date Earliest | possibly about 1650 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1750 | |
| Description | Schellinks was one of the most well travelled artists of his day. His work was influenced by the Dutch Italianates, in particular the work of Jan Asselijn, to whom this painting was previously attributed. He frequently adopted other artists' styles, and perhaps because of subsequent misattributions, his works are relatively rare today. Though this work is not strong enough to be by Schellinks himself, it is painted in his known manner. | |
| Current Accession Number | TWCMS:B6236 | |
| Former Accession Number | SAG 237 | |
| Subject | buildings and gardens; figure; animal (cow, donkey); everyday life | |
| Measurements | 41.4 x 46.2 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on panel | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by J. A. D. Shipley, 1909. | |
| Publications | Catalogue of the Shipley Collection, 1917, no. 237 unattributed; Catalogue of the Shipley Collection, 1921, no. 237 unattributed; Catalogue of the Shipley Collection, 1951, no. 237 attributed to '?Jan Asselyn'. | |
| Notes | The verso of the panel is covered in extravagantly swirling paint marks. This may have once been a signature, though today it is illegible. Though this work was previously attributed to Jan Asselijn, in 2002, Caroline Worthington, a Pilgrim Trust researcher, reattributed the painting to the manner of Willem Schellinks, an artist much influenced by Asselijn, and with whose works his are often confused. |
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| Rights Owner | The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead (Tyne and Wear Museums) | |
| Author | Elizabeth van der Beugel | |