Early 19th-Century Dutch School, Landscape With Travelling Family & Windmill

Early 19th-Century Dutch School, Landscape With Travelling Family & WindmillThis early 19th century Dutch school oil painting depicts a family travelling along a country track in a wooded area. The figures are dressed in 17th century Dutch or Flemish attire. During the 17th century, flourishing Dutch cities, such as Amsterdam and Haarlem, were alive with new wealth. Merchants flooded in from overseas and created a buoyant economy perfect for the arts. But unlike many other European cities, artists working here were not

Most preferred to paint ‘en plein air’ and study directly from nature

so maybe he was a keen huntsman or a gamekeeper for a large country house

1760Provenance: EnglandCondition: The canvas has been restored at least once and is currently laid on wood

which a local newspaper described as follows:

USA in 2000

an inscription reads ‘For Nell’

He is currently represented at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and his works are held in collections worldwide

How do you read it

The portrait is housed within a beautiful scroll and foliate gilt frame with swept corners

This charming still life by British artist David Brownsworth (1848-c

It was exhibited in 1965 at the Foreningen for National Kunst

without a slavish imitation