Sunday, January 13, 2019

Painted Landscapes Collected by George IV (1762-1830)

Peter Paul Rubens
Milkmaids with Cattle in a Landscape (The Farm at Laken)
ca. 1617-18
oil on panel
(purchased by George IV in 1821)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Peter Paul Rubens
Landscape with St George and the Dragon
1630-35
oil on canvas
(originally owned by Charles I, and sold by the Commonwealth - reacquired by George IV in 1814)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Claude Lorrain
Coast Scene with the Rape of Europa
1667
oil on canvas
(purchased by George IV on the London art market in 1829)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Cornelis van Poelenburgh
Shepherds with Flocks in a Landscape of Roman Ruins
ca. 1620-25
oil on copper
(purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring in 1814)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Adriaen van de Velde
Horseman at a Ford asking the way of a Herdswoman in an Italianate Landscape
1659
oil on canvas
(purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring in 1814)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Adriaen van de Velde
Hawking Party setting out
1666
oil on canvas
(acquired by George IV in 1810)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Adriaen van de Velde
Cattle and Sheep resting under Trees - a Shepherdess asleep
1668
oil on panel
(purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring in 1814)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Adriaen van de Velde
Shepherd and Shepherdess with Cattle by a Stream
1668
oil on canvas
(acquired by George IV in 1811)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jan Both
Landscape with St Philip baptizing the Eunuch
ca. 1640-49
oil on canvas
(purchased by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Karel Dujardin
Herdsman with Ox, Ass and Sheep in the Campagna
ca. 1661-64
oil on panel
(purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring in 1814)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jan Wijnants
Hilly Landscape with a Hawking Party
ca. 1665
oil on canvas
(acquired by George IV in 1810)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Philips Wouwerman
Halt of a Hawking Party at a Wayside Inn
ca. 1650-68
oil on panel
(purchased by Lord Yarmouth for George IV in 1811)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Philips Wouwerman
Hunting Party halting at a Wayside Inn
ca. 1660-68
oil on canvas
(purchased by George IV in 1810)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Philips Wouwerman
Robbers attacking a Market Cart
ca. 1655-60
oil on panel
(purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring in 1814)
Royal Collection, Great Britain