BLOEMEN, Pieter van
(b. 1657, Antwerpen, d. ca. 1720, Antwerpen)

Peasant Couple amongst their Cattle and Sheep

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Oil on canvas, 48 x 59 cm
Private collection

Although the faint outline of a mountainous background can be discerned, the focus of this work is very much on the foreground, which is tightly packed with figures and animals. A hulking brown and white cow wades her way through the stream, her bulk dominating the other more diminutive goats and sheep.