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Anton Mauve

Return of the Flock

Artist

Anton Mauve
Zaandam, Netherlands, 1838 – Arnhem 1888

Title

Return of the Flock

Date

About 1860-1865

Materials

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

49.5 x 80 cm

Credits

William John and Agnes Learmont Bequest, inv. 1909.576

Collection

Western Art

Anton Mauve taught painting to Vincent van Gogh, who was the cousin of his wife. Mauve’s predilection for pastoral subjects results from both the revival of interest in seventeenth-century Dutch painting and French Realism. He stood out among his predecessors and contemporaries by his exceptional ability to render not only landscapes, but also sheep, a subject that met with great success in the North American art market.

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