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| Title | A Landscape | |
| Collection | Reading Museum Service | |
| Artist | Daiwaille, Alexander Joseph (Dutch painter, 1818-1888) | |
| Date Earliest | possibly about 1845 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1860 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | Eugène Verboeckhoven was one of the masters of nineteenth-century Belgian painting, specialising in animal painting. He acted as a mentor to many artists, among them Alexander Daiwaille. Collaboration in paintings was common practice and Verboeckhoven often animated the landscapes of others with his finely observed livestock. In this instance they form the central focus within Daiwaille's equally naturalistic rustic setting. The style is reminiscent of the seventeenth-century Netherlandish landscapists, whose influence experienced a revival in the first half of the nineteenth century. | |
| Current Accession Number | REDMG:1931.293.1 | |
| Inscription | front ll 'A.J. Daiwaille / Eugène Verboekhoven' | |
| Subject | landscape; everyday life; figure; animal (sheep, cattle, donkey, dog) | |
| Measurements | 55 x 76 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by W. I. Palmer 1892. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | [See notes.] | |
| Notes | Back of stretcher: printed label, 'A.I.E., 1874 / Exhibitor's name: ... . ville Belguisne[?][handwritten]' and 'FRA[?] 581' and 'Tho.581.7[?]'. | |
| Rights Owner | Reading Museum Service, Reading Borough Council (all rights reserved) | |
| Author | Dr Anne L. Cowe | |