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Attributed to Thomas Gainsborough
British, 1727 - 1788
A Peasant Driving Cattle, Sheep and Goats in a Landscape
c. 1785
Image Caption
Attributed to Thomas Gainsborough, A Peasant Driving Cattle, Sheep and Goats in a Landscape, c. 1785, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.79
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
7 x 8 3/4 in. (17.8 x 22.2 cm)
Object Number
2007.8.79
Acquisition
Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status
Off View
Select Bibliography
R. S. "Promising Gainsborough?" The British Art Journal. 1.2 (Autumn 1999). 1999. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
Provenance
Probably Wynn Ellis; [Felder Fine Art, London]; [Deborah Gage (Works of Art), Ltd., London, sold to Manton, Nov. 2000]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (2000–d. 2005); Diana Morton, his daughter, by descent (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.