Mid-19th-century English School, Rural Scene with Family, Cattle & Cottage - Antique Oil Painting

Name: Mid-19th-century English School, Rural Scene with Family, Cattle & Cottage - Antique Oil Painting
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1110886
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Brave Fine Art

Description

This endlessly charming mid-19th-century English oil painting depicts a rural scene with a family, cattle, pond, and cottage.

A mother and child pause to observe a drover, perhaps father, artfully guiding his flock along a dusty country track. Beyond them, a quaint thatched cottage with a white picket fence is nestled into foliage. A family pig snuffles in the garden.

In the distance, a medieval church stands before a distant hill, while cattle graze in ample pasture. It’s a homely representation of bucolic bliss, a rose-tinted impression of imagined country life.

Stylistically, it’s a little reminiscent of works by the Norwich School of painters such as Henry Ladbrooke (1800-1870) and George Vincent (1796-1831).

Held within a gilt frame, which could be original.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 22” x 16½” / 52cm x 42cm

Year of creation: c. 1830

Condition: Cleaned. Canvas relined. Craquelure throughout. The paint layer is stable. Frame with various marks and showing its age.

Our reference: BRV1947

Physical Dimensions

Height

42cm (16.54")

Width

52cm (20.47")

Depth

4cm (1.57")

Declaration

Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1110886

Description

This endlessly charming mid-19th-century English oil painting depicts a rural scene with a family, cattle, pond, and cottage.

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A mother and child pause to observe a drover, perhaps father, artfully guiding his flock along a dusty country track.

Brave Fine Art

Beyond them, a quaint thatched cottage with a white picket fence is nestled into foliage. A family pig snuffles in the garden.

fig 1. Mid-19th-Century English School, Rural Scene With Family, Cattle & Cottage - Antique Oil Painting — fig 1. Mid-19th-century English School, Rural Scene with Family, Cattle & Cottage - Antique Oil Painting

In the distance, a medieval church stands before a distant hill, while cattle graze in ample pasture. It’s a homely representation of bucolic bliss, a rose-tinted impression of imagined country life.

Stylistically, it’s a little reminiscent of works by the Norwich School of painters such as Henry Ladbrooke (1800-1870) and George Vincent (1796-1831).