Guiding the cattle along a path on a sunny afternoon

Details

Julius Jacobus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (Dutch, 1835-1925)
Guiding the cattle along a path on a sunny afternoon
signed 'j.vd.Sande.Bakhuyzen' (lower right)
oil on canvas
66 x 105.5 cm.

Provenance

Mr Van Otten, Leeuwarden.

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Lot Essay

The present lot shows one of the artist's favourite themes: a cowherd with cows on a wide sandy road on a day in summer. Most of the paintings with a similar subject matter were executed in the province of Drenthe, were the artist yearly spent his summers from 1880 onwards.

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