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| Title | Cattle and Figure at Water | |
| Collection | Middlesbrough Museums & Galleries | |
| Artist | Attributed to Dutch School | |
| Date Earliest | probably 1700 | |
| Date Latest | probably 1800 | |
| Description | This work shows an idyllic rural scene, common to landscape artists working in the eighteenth century (and indeed, more recently). A still, deep lake is depicted, fringed by autumnal trees. Cattle have been driven to the lake to water there. The work appears to be a rather generic kind of landscape, and may have been a ‘furnishing piece', that is, an older version of the images now bought from Ikea, meant for a pleasant decoration, but without any inherent statement about the person who purchased it. The dilapidated state of this work is further evidence of the genre of the work. | |
| Current Accession Number | A0963 | |
| Subject | everyday life; animal (cow) | |
| Measurements | 50.0 x 77 cm.0 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Unknown | |
| Notes | This canvas is in very bad repair. | |
| Rights Owner | MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art | |
| Author | Dr Ruth Stewart | |