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Aristocrats and Peasants in Landscapes (one of four overdoors)


Medium/Technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 55 x 113 cm (21 5/8 x 44 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Eben Howard Gay
Accession Number27.462d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionLocated on the western end of the south wall.
ProvenanceMid-18th century, Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron of Baltimore (d. 1771?), Woodcote Park, Epsom, Surrey, England [see note 1]. By 1927, Eben Howard Gay, Boston, MA; 1927, gift of Eben Gay to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 8, 1927)

NOTES:
[1] From the drawing room. The paintings were not done expressly for this room, but fitted into design by Francis Brerewood, who modified portions of Woodcote Park for Lord Baltimore about 1753-55