Landscape with a Goatherd
- Artist
- Adam Pynacker, Dutch, c.1620–1673
- Date
- c.1650
- Material
- Oil on panel
- made in
- Delft, Zuid-Holland province, Netherlands, Europe
- Classification
- Paintings
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 238
- Dimensions
- 15 1/4 x 24 in. (38.7 x 61 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Shop Fund, Friends Endowment Fund, and funds given by Christian B. and Ethel K. Peper, Mrs. John M. Olin, Mary and Oliver Langenberg, Jacob M. Heimann and L. O. Kipnis by exchange, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley F. Jackes, Mr. and Mrs. Newell Augur, Mr. and Mrs. Lester A. Crancer Jr., Mrs. Clark P. Fiske, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Grove, Mrs. G. Gordon Hertslet, Miss Helen M. Longmire, the John Allan Love Charitable Foundation, the Columbia Terminals Company Charitable Trust, Mrs. Tyrell Williams by exchange, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lorenz; Mrs. W. Welles Hoyt and General and Mrs. Rollin Tilton, by exchange, the John R. Goodall Charitable Trust, Mrs. G. L. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin M. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruwitch, Mr. and Mrs. Ethan A. H. Shepley Jr., Charles H. Yalem by exchange, Mr. and Mrs. George K. Conant Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Sam Langsdorf Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fetté, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Block, Mrs. Earl Bumiller, Mr. and Mrs. Max Diamant, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Eggleston, Gallery of the Masters, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kniep, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kodner, Dr. and Mrs. William A. Murphy, Dr. and Mrs. Eli R. Shuter, Versie T. Walser, and 316 additional donors to the 1982 Art Enrichment Fund
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- Object Number
- 150:1982
NOTES
This view of a goatherd overseeing his charges demonstrates Adam Pynacker’s mastery of color as a means to capture the light and atmosphere of the Roman countryside. By contrasting the pale, tan tones of the vines on the right against the darker background, and varying the reds and blues in the fabrics of the goatherd’s coat and belongings, he is able to capture the rich feeling of the dense afternoon sun as it washes across the southern landscape.
Provenance
by 1834 - still in 1960
George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754-1834), Latimers, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, and Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex, England; Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron of Chesham (1793-1863), Latimers, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, and Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, by inheritance; Mrs. Reginald Ashley, by inheritance; R. Thesiger, by inheritance [1]
- 1982
Edward Speelman Ltd., London, England, purchased from R. Thesiger [2]
1982 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Edward Speelman Ltd. [3]
Notes:
The primary source for this provenance is Harwood's catalogue raisonné, cat. no. 23 [Harwood, Laurie B. "Adam Pynacker, c.1620 1673." Doornspijk, Netherlands: Davaco, 1988]. There are slight errors in the spelling of two names in the catalogue raisonné, which Harwood corrected in correspondence with Museum staff in June 2002. "Astley" should be spelled "Ashley" and "Theisger" should be "Thesiger" [letter, SLAM document files]. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[1] Charles Compton Cavendish was the son of George Augustus Henry Cavendish. The relationship between Mrs. Reginald Ashley and R. Thesiger to these individuals in unknown. Mrs. Reginald Ashley lent the painting to an exhibition in 1960 ["Ideal and Classical Landscape." Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1960]. There is a Rodney Thesiger listed in the provenance of the drawing by Bartholomeus Breenbergh, "The Fantastic Rocks and Castle at Bomarzo," at the National Gallery of Art. It is likely that R. Thesiger is Rodney Thesiger [National Gallery of Art, provenance website, www.nga.gov].
[2] According to a telephone conversation between the Museum's Collection Researcher, Elizabeth Hinrichs, and Anthony Speelman at Edward Speelman Ltd. in May, 2002, Edward Speelman bought the painting from R. Thesiger [notes, SLAM document files].
[3] Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 12, 1982.
George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754-1834), Latimers, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, and Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex, England; Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron of Chesham (1793-1863), Latimers, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, and Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, by inheritance; Mrs. Reginald Ashley, by inheritance; R. Thesiger, by inheritance [1]
- 1982
Edward Speelman Ltd., London, England, purchased from R. Thesiger [2]
1982 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Edward Speelman Ltd. [3]
Notes:
The primary source for this provenance is Harwood's catalogue raisonné, cat. no. 23 [Harwood, Laurie B. "Adam Pynacker, c.1620 1673." Doornspijk, Netherlands: Davaco, 1988]. There are slight errors in the spelling of two names in the catalogue raisonné, which Harwood corrected in correspondence with Museum staff in June 2002. "Astley" should be spelled "Ashley" and "Theisger" should be "Thesiger" [letter, SLAM document files]. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[1] Charles Compton Cavendish was the son of George Augustus Henry Cavendish. The relationship between Mrs. Reginald Ashley and R. Thesiger to these individuals in unknown. Mrs. Reginald Ashley lent the painting to an exhibition in 1960 ["Ideal and Classical Landscape." Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1960]. There is a Rodney Thesiger listed in the provenance of the drawing by Bartholomeus Breenbergh, "The Fantastic Rocks and Castle at Bomarzo," at the National Gallery of Art. It is likely that R. Thesiger is Rodney Thesiger [National Gallery of Art, provenance website, www.nga.gov].
[2] According to a telephone conversation between the Museum's Collection Researcher, Elizabeth Hinrichs, and Anthony Speelman at Edward Speelman Ltd. in May, 2002, Edward Speelman bought the painting from R. Thesiger [notes, SLAM document files].
[3] Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 12, 1982.