Details

Object type

painting

Title

Peasant Children

Artist/Maker

Antoine Le Nain attributed to

Culture/School

French

Date

circa 1630-1640

Materials

oil on copper on wood

Dimensions

framed: 355 mm x 412 mm x 40 mm;unframed: 216 mm x 279 mm

Description

Six children of various ages. The boy on the right dressed in red turns his back to the others as he plays his lute. His fellow musician faces the others as he plays his pipe. He is barefoot. The other four, including an older, perhaps a nursemaid, and a younger girl, stand as audience but show no animation in their somewhat rigid poses.

Credit Line/Donor

Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944

Collection

Burrell Collection: Pictures [Oils, Pastels and Watercolours]

ID Number

35.578

Location

Burrell Collection

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