Jan Siberechts
, Flemish, 1627-1703
Title
The Farm CartDate1671
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
72.4 x 85.5 cm
Signedlower centre: J. Siberechts en Anvers 1671
Credit LinePurchased, 1928 (Lane Fund)
Object numberNGI.900
ProvenanceComtesse de Rouzat; Christie's, London, 22 December 1927; Captain R. Langton Douglas; purchased, Captain R. Langton Douglas, January 1928
Exhibition HistoryExposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand - section d'art flamand ancien, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, 1930Grand saison internationale de l'eau, pavilion no.1, Liege, 1939
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland, National Gallery, London, 1985
From Titian to Delacroix: Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland, Yokohama Sogo Museum of Art, 25 August - 17 October 1993; Chiba Sogo Museum of Art, 10 November - 20 December 1993; Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamaguchi, 5 January - 20 February 1994; Kobe City Museum, 25 February - 10 April 1994; Isetan Museum of Art, 14 April - 24 May 1994
European Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland, National Gallery, Canberra, 25 June - 3 October 1994; Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 October 1994 - 15 January 1995
Label TextLed by a boy on horseback, a farm cart filled with vegetables proceeds down a meandering stream. The woman seated on the cart looks directly at the viewer. The couple, probably two servants, seem to come from the town located in the distance. The scene is set against a background of finely painted trees and a bright blue sky. Siberechts was an Antwerp painter, who moved to England sometime in the early 1670s, where he worked for a number of noble patrons. He painted the present work, dated 1671, shortly before he left his native Flanders.