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| Title | Peasants before a Cottage | |
| Collection | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum | |
| Artist | Gael, Barend (Dutch painter and draftsman, ca. 1620-1687 or 1703) Previously attributed to Molenaer, Jan Miense (Dutch painter and printmaker, ca. 1610-1668) |
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| Date Earliest | probably about 1635 | |
| Date Latest | possibly 1687 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | A group of ten, men women and children, gathered in front of a thatch roofed cottage. They seem to be watching the dancing woman in the centre. A dog lies sleeping in front of them. | |
| Current Accession Number | 94 | |
| Former Accession Number | 134 (1855); 139 (1893) | |
| Inscription | front ll 'B. GAEL' | |
| Subject | figure; landscape | |
| Measurements | 23.5 x 18.1 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on panel | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Archibald McLellan 1854. | |
| Publications | McLellan Catalogue, Glasgow, 1855, p. 7, no. 134, as by J. M. Molenaer; Hofstede de Groot, C., 'Hollandsche Kunst in Schotland', Oud Holland, 11, 1893, p. 138, no. 139; Miles, H., Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Glasgow Art Gallery, Glasgow, 1961, I, p. 58, no. 94, II, p. 47. | |
| Rights Owner | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) | |
| Author | Robert Wenley | |