Attributed to Thomas Gainsborough
English, 1727–1788
A Peasant Driving Cattle, Sheep and Goats in a Landscape
c. 1785
| 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 |
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
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.
