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| Title | Mountain Landscape with a Castle | |
| Collection | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum | |
| Artist | Attributed to Asselyn, Jan (Dutch painter, ca.1610-1652) Previously attributed to Berchem, Nicolaes (Dutch painter, printmaker, and draftsman, 1620-1683) |
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| Date Earliest | probably about 1640 | |
| Date Latest | 1652 | |
| Description | The scene is dominated by the tall tower of a castle and its associated buildings. They stand above a rocky hillside strewn with large boulders and a few coniferous trees. Beyond, mountain peaks define the horizon. Below, two turbulent streams run down from left and right to combine as a river running right. In left foreground are two figures, one seated and one standing, equipped with long poles or goads and accompanied by a dog. They are watching over two long horned cows, a donkey and three sheep | |
| Current Accession Number | 93 | |
| Former Accession Number | 133 (1855); 27 (1893) | |
| Subject | landscape; figure; animal (cattle; sheep; donkey) | |
| Measurements | 88.2 x 110.8 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Archibald McLellan 1854. | |
| Publications | McLellan Catalogue, Glasgow, 1855, p. 7, no. 133, as by A. J. Begeyn; Hofstede de Groot, C., 'Hollandsche Kunst in Schotland', Oud Holland, 11, 1893, p. 136, no. 27, as by Begeyn; Miles, H., Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Glasgow Art Gallery, Glasgow, 1961, I, p. 23, no. 93, II, p. 36, as attributed to Berchem. | |
| Notes | Possibly a copy after Asselijn; an almost identical version, vertical format, in Auckland Art Gallery, New Zeeland, bears monogram 'A', and is catalogued as Asselijn. | |
| Rights Owner | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) | |
| Author | Robert Wenley | |