Godaert Kamper (Dusseldorf 1613/14-1679 Leiden)

A hamlet with peasants on a path in a wooded landscape

细节

Godaert Kamper (Dusseldorf 1613/14-1679 Leiden)
A hamlet with peasants on a path in a wooded landscape
signed 'G· Kamper· f' (lower centre)
oil on panel
20¾ x 28¼ in. (52.7 x 71.7 cm.)

来源

Angela, Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) (according to an inscription on the reverse), by whom bequeathed to her husband,
The Rt. Hon. William Burdett-Coutts, M.P.; (+) Christie's, London, 4 May 1922, lot 99 (55 gns. to Leggatt).

拍品专文

Angela Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) was probably the greatest philanthropist of the Victorian age. She became the eventual beneficiary of the estate of her grandfather, Thomas Coutts, the banker. The richest heiress in England, Miss Burdett-Coutts devoted her life to an extraordinary range of charitable interests, receiving international recognition on an almost unprecedented scale, including a peerage in 1871. From her residence at No. 1 Stratton Street and the adjoining No. 80 Piccadilly, she offered hospitality to people of all ranks and nationalities for nearly sixty years, numbering monarchs, politicians and aesthetes among her close friends - indeed Dickens dedicated 'Martin Chuzzlewit' to her. On her death, she lay in state for two days; nearly 30,000 people paid their last respects. She was buried in Westminster Abbey, in the nave near the west door.