Oil on canvas, relined
Presumably England, late 17th century
Attributed to Dirck van Bergen (1645-1690) – Dutch landscape painter, active in the Netherlands and Great Britain
In gilded, stucco frame that wears a label with the name ‘Dirk van Bergen’
Dimensions: 69 x 85 cm
Good condition
The auction record for a signed oil painting by Dirck van Bergen is currently at €21,000

A shepherd is resting with his cattle, leaning towards the trunk of the tree. He seems to have fallen asleep, with his head sunk on his chest and his limbs loose. The present landscape can be attributed to the Dutch painter Dirck van Bergen, who studied under Adriaen van de Velde, and depicts one of his characteristic wooden southern landscape.

The painting is in overall good condition, showing common signs of age. The canvas has been relined. In one spot there is a minor loss of color in the upper right. There are some areas of retouching to the sky and head of one sheep. The frame shows traces of age and use. On its back appears an old label with the inventory number ‘Gemäldeverwahr 554’. The stretcher frame measures 69 x 85 cm. The dimensions including the frame are 88 x 104.5 cm.



Dirck van Bergen (1645-1690)

Born in Harlem, Dirk van Bergen was a student of Adriaen van de Velde in Amsterdam. Van Bergen used to live in in Great Britain for some time but later returned to Harlem, where he was a friend of the younger Jan van Meer and eventually died in poverty in the year 1690. Some of his paintings can be found in the collections of Dresden, Berlin and Paris as well as Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp.

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