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In a mellow light, a group of peasants pause by a muddy pool in the shade of an oak tree. A woman perched high on a cart holds a basket and looks around her. Away in the distance to the right, a church spire and a windmill seem as delicate as cobwebs against the sky.Isack van Ostade paints the scene with such feeling for real life that you can almost hear the giant wheel creak as the old man eases the horse to a halt. A playful little dog dances alongside the little boy who paddles in the brackish water. Two men sit and chat at the side of the pool and, behind the cart, another man watches over his cattle.These peaceful rural scenes were very popular with seventeenth-century Dutch collectors perhaps looking for a country idyll in the midst of a busy city.
Title
A Landscape with Peasants and a Cart
Date
1645
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 52.9 x W 45.4 cm
Accession number
NG2544
Acquisition method
Salting Bequest, 1910
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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