A Herdess with Cows on a Country Road in the Rain

Anton Mauve (mentioned on object), 1848 - 1888

A herdess is walking under her umbrella as she drives her four cows forward. ‘The soaking wet atmosphere is captured so well that one’s feet start to feel wet if one looks at the work too long,’ one critic wrote. In contrast to Mauve’s pictures of horse-riders, where the horses always move towards the horizon, the cows in his cattle paintings generally head straight at the viewer.

  • Artwork typedrawing, aquarel
  • Object numberSK-A-3695
  • Dimensionsheight 355 mm x width 555 mm
  • Physical characteristicszwart krijt, aquarel., penseel in kleuren

Identification

  • Title(s)

    A Herdess with Cows on a Country Road in the Rain

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3695

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature: ‘A Mauve f.’


Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Anton Mauve (mentioned on object)

  • Dating

    1848 - 1888

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    zwart krijt, aquarel., penseel in kleuren

  • Dimensions

    height 355 mm x width 555 mm


Explanatory note

  • Zie voor de voorstudie: RP-T-2010-31


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  • Subject


Exhibitions


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1944

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; on loan from Jean Charles Joseph Drucker (1862-1944, Montreux) and Maria Lydia Drucker-Fraser (1886-1944, Montreux), with 204 other drawings, to the museum, 1919;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed, with 204 other drawings, to the museum, 1944

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.


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