Full Record |
| Title |
Mills and Waterfront Scene |
| Collection |
Perth Museum and Art Gallery |
| Artist |
Koekkoek, Hermanus, the Younger (Dutch painter, 1836-1909) |
| Date Earliest |
possibly about 1856 |
| Date Latest |
possibly about 1907 |
| Signed |
yes |
| Description |
Waterfront buildings recede diagonally from the left foreground to the right. The low vantage point and diminutive figures set off the water-surface and riverbank in the foreground, whilst strengthening the monumentality of the mill, which dominates the buildings. A windmill rising against the scudding sky has some detail picked out, but a church tower and another mill further away appear only as silhouettes. Subject and broad brushwork reveal the influence of the Hague School, who found their motifs in Dutch seventeenth-century painting and painted in a style that suggested atmosphere and mood rather than topographical accuracy. |
| Current Accession Number |
FA62/78 |
| Inscription |
front ll 'J.van Couver' |
| Subject |
figure; landscape |
| Measurements |
90.6 x 12.7 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Given by Crieff Town Council 1975 |
| Provenance |
Given by Captain and Mrs. E.O.H. Thomson to Crieff Town Council 1907. |
| Publications |
Mundy, J., Catalogue of the permanent collection of paintings and drawings Perth Museum and Art Gallery , Perth, 1981. |
| Notes |
The artist, Hermanus Koekkoek, is also known as 'Jan van Couver'. |
| Rights Owner |
Reproduced by kind permission of Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perth and Kinross Council, Scotland |
| Author |
Dr Claudia Heide |
