Mid-19th-century Belgian School, Windswept Landscape with Cottage, Figures & Copse - Antique Oil Painting

Name: Mid-19th-century Belgian School, Windswept Landscape with Cottage, Figures & Copse - Antique Oil Painting
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1122951
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Brave Fine Art

Description

This mid-19th-century Belgian oil painting depicts a windswept landscape with a cottage, figures, copse and grazing cattle.

A brisk gale rushes across the scenery, clutching at every inch of foliage. Trees buckle under hurrying clouds as grasses lay near horizontal. A boy leans towards his mother - home is but a moment away.

Produced in 1862, this piece is reminiscent of the earlier Romantic period when the theatrical aspects of nature were captured for emotional effect. Wind is challenging to portray accurately and the artist, although unknown, is evidently well-trained.

Signed illegibly in the lower right (perhaps H. Casp_ or similar) and held in a splendid 19th-century gilt frame with floral corner ornaments.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 31” x 29½” / 79cm x 65cm

Year of creation: 1862

Provenance: Private collection, UK.

Condition: Cleaned. Faint stretcher marks. Craquelure throughout. The paint layer is stable. Two old patches on the reverse with professional corresponding touch-ins. Frame with various marks and showing its age.

Our reference: BRV2075

Physical Dimensions

Height

65cm (25.59")

Width

79cm (31.10")

Depth

7cm (2.76")

Declaration

Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1122951

Description

This mid-19th-century Belgian oil painting depicts a windswept landscape with a cottage, figures, copse and grazing cattle.

A brisk gale rushes across the scenery, clutching at every inch of foliage. Trees buckle under hurrying clouds as grasses lay near horizontal. A boy leans towards his mother - home is but a moment away.

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Produced in 1862, this piece is reminiscent of the earlier Romantic period when the theatrical aspects of nature were captured for emotional effect.

Brave Fine Art

Wind is challenging to portray accurately and the artist, although unknown, is evidently well-trained.

fig 1. Mid-19th-Century Belgian School, Windswept Landscape With Cottage, Figures & Copse - Antique Oil Painting — fig 1. Mid-19th-century Belgian School, Windswept Landscape with Cottage, Figures & Copse - Antique Oil Painting

Signed illegibly in the lower right (perhaps H. Casp_ or similar) and held in a splendid 19th-century gilt frame with floral corner ornaments.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 31” x 29½” / 79cm x 65cm

fig 2. Mid-19th-Century Belgian School, Windswept Landscape With Cottage, Figures & Copse - Antique Oil Painting — fig 2. Mid-19th-century Belgian School, Windswept Landscape with Cottage, Figures & Copse - Antique Oil Painting

Year of creation: 1862

Provenance: Private collection, UK.

Condition: Cleaned. Faint stretcher marks. Craquelure throughout. The paint layer is stable. Two old patches on the reverse with professional corresponding touch-ins. Frame with various marks and showing its age.

Our reference: BRV2075