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Name: Huge. Henri Schouten (1864 -1927) Oil Painting
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1137722
Price: 2600 GBP
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19th century

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Description

HENRI SCHOUTEN ( 1864 - 1927 )

A beautiful and very large signed oil on canvas by Henri Schouten depicts two hunting Irish setter dogs in a landscape with hunters shooting game birds in the background. The work is beautifully executed and in very nice condition - his most sought-after subject matter. The work has come from a private French collection and is in very good condition in its original frame.

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Title: “Hunting Dogs in a Landscape"

Signature: Signed lower left

Provenance: Private collection

Medium: Oil on original canvas

Size: 24 x 36 inches unframed / 30 x 42 inches framed

Condition: Unlined original canvas - very good condition for age

Belgian, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 1864, in Indonesia; died 1927, in Ghent.

Painter. Landscapes, animals.

Auction Records

Brussels, 15 June 1976: Farmyard (oil on canvas, 26¾ × 39¼ ins/68 × 100 cm) BEF 26,000

Brussels, 27 Sept 1979: Cattle Grazing (oil on canvas, 26 × 39¼ ins/66 × 100 cm) BEF 44,000

Vienna, 16 Nov 1983: Young Shepherdess (oil on canvas, 30 × 22¾ ins/76 × 58 cm) ATS 50,000

Amsterdam, 6 June 1984: Ducks by a Pond (oil on canvas, 29 × 38¼ ins/73.5 × 97 cm) NLG 4,000

London, 9 Oct 1985: Three Dogs (oil on canvas remounted/panel, 34 × 28 ins/86.5 × 71 cm) GBP 2,000

Cologne, 15 Oct 1988: Hens at the Edge of a Wood (oil on canvas, 37¾ × 52 ins/96 × 132 cm) DEM 5,000

Chester, 20 July 1989: Old Friends (oil on canvas, 19½ × 29¼ ins/49.5 × 74 cm) GBP 1,650

Amsterdam, 19 Sept 1989: Peasant Woman Leading Two Oxen along a Path (oil on canvas, 23¾ × 35½ ins/60.5 × 90 cm) NLG 4,830

Amsterdam, 2 May 1990: Cows Drinking by a River (oil on canvas, 24¼ × 35¾ ins/61.5 × 91 cm) NLG 6,900

Brussels, 12 June 1990: Horses and Cows at a Drinking Trough (oil on canvas, a pair, each 19¾ × 29½ ins/50 × 75 cm) BEF 90,000

London, 15 Jan 1991: Hunter with his English and Gordon Setters; Hunter with his English and Irish Setters (oil on canvas, a pair, each 32 × 25 ins/81.2 × 63.5 cm) GBP 2,860

Brussels, 7 Oct 1991: Cows by a River (oil on canvas, 28¾ × 39¼ ins/73 × 100 cm) BEF 70,000

Amsterdam, 5-6 Nov 1991: Hunter (oil on canvas, 31½ × 23½ ins/80 × 60 cm) NLG 5,980

Calais, 2 Feb 1992: Empty-handed; The Game Will Have to be Bought (oil on panel, 17 × 20¾ ins/43 × 53 cm) FRF 26,000

Amsterdam, 18 Feb 1992: Sheep and Lambs in a Landscape (oil on canvas, 24¾ × 19 ins/63 × 48.5 cm) NLG 2,300

Amsterdam, 22 April 1992: Memory of Scotland: Shetland Ponies and Sheep in a Landscape (1892, oil on canvas, 39¾ × 59½ ins/101 × 151 cm) NLG 10,350

Lokeren, 10 Oct 1992: Rural Landscape (oil on canvas, 31½ × 47¼ ins/80 × 120 cm) BEF 110,000

London, 25 Nov 1992: Group of Arabian Riders (1899, oil on canvas, 27¼ × 39 ins/69 × 99 cm) GBP 8,800

Paris, 2 April 1993: Returning from Ploughing (oil on canvas, 31½ × 39¼ ins/80 × 100 cm) FRF 6,500

Lokeren, 4 Dec 1993: Polder Landscape with some Cows (oil on canvas)

New York, 16 Feb 1994: Cobblers (1895, oil on canvas, 26 × 22 ins/66 × 55.9 cm) USD 3,450

Lokeren, 10 Dec 1994: Cows in a Polder Landscape (oil on canvas, 25½ × 33¼ ins/65 × 84.5 cm) BEF 40,000

Lokeren, 11 March 1995: Cows Going to Drink (oil on canvas, 35 × 49¼ ins/89 × 125 cm) BEF 85,000

London, 11 April 1995: Old Friends (oil on canvas, 23¼ × 28¼ ins/59 × 72 cm) GBP 4,140

Amsterdam, 7 Nov 1995: Bull in a Landscape (1911, oil on canvas, 38¾ × 59 ins/98.5 × 149 cm) NLG 3,068

Amsterdam, 16 April 1996: The Four Seasons (four oils on canvas, collection of ovals, each 32 × 26¼ ins/81 × 66.5 cm) NLG 24,780

New York, 11 April 1997: Three Setters (oil on canvas, 31½ × 23½ ins/80 × 59.7 cm) USD 4,830

Date of Manufacture

Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this Antique Hunting Dog Painting to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Guide ID 08964054

Dealer's Item Date19th Century

Sellingantiques Date19th Century

Sellingantiques agingItem 105-145 years old

ResultsDates match

Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 19TH CENTURY:

Fine pattern of craquelure across the paint: natural ageing of oil over decades.

Unlined canvas on a keyed pine stretcher: construction typical of the late nineteenth century.

Oxidised linen and darkened timber on the back: long natural exposure to air.

Signed lower left: in keeping with recorded late nineteenth-century Belgian canine works.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

Physical Dimensions

Height

76.2cm (30.00")

Width

106.7cm (42.01")

Depth

7cm (2.76")

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1137722

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Description

HENRI SCHOUTEN ( 1864 - 1927 )

“

A beautiful and very large signed oil on canvas by Henri Schouten depicts two hunting Irish setter dogs in a landscape with hunters shooting game birds in the background.

Country Homes Antiques Stirling

The work is beautifully executed and in very nice condition - his most sought-after subject matter. The work has come from a private French collection and is in very good condition in its original frame.

fig 1. An antique oil painting by Henri Schouten depicts two hunting dogs standing in an open landscape under a light cloudy sky inside a gilded frame. — fig 1. Huge. Henri Schouten (1864 -1927) Oil Painting

FREE UK shipping. Quote for overseas required.

Title: “Hunting Dogs in a Landscape"

Signature: Signed lower left

Provenance: Private collection

Medium: Oil on original canvas

fig 2. An antique oil painting by Henri Schouten depicts two hunting dogs standing in an open landscape under a light cloudy sky inside a gilded frame. — fig 2. Huge. Henri Schouten (1864 -1927) Oil Painting

Size: 24 x 36 inches unframed / 30 x 42 inches framed

Condition: Unlined original canvas - very good condition for age

Belgian, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 1864, in Indonesia; died 1927, in Ghent.

fig 3. An antique oil painting by Henri Schouten depicts two hunting dogs standing in an open landscape under a light cloudy sky inside a gilded frame. — fig 3. Huge. Henri Schouten (1864 -1927) Oil Painting

Painter. Landscapes, animals.

Auction Records

Brussels, 15 June 1976: Farmyard (oil on canvas, 26¾ × 39¼ ins/68 × 100 cm) BEF 26,000

Brussels, 27 Sept 1979: Cattle Grazing (oil on canvas, 26 × 39¼ ins/66 × 100 cm) BEF 44,000

fig 4. An antique oil painting by Henri Schouten depicts two hunting dogs standing in an open landscape under a light cloudy sky inside a gilded frame. — fig 4. Huge. Henri Schouten (1864 -1927) Oil Painting

Vienna, 16 Nov 1983: Young Shepherdess (oil on canvas, 30 × 22¾ ins/76 × 58 cm) ATS 50,000

Amsterdam, 6 June 1984: Ducks by a Pond (oil on canvas, 29 × 38¼ ins/73.5 × 97 cm) NLG 4,000

London, 9 Oct 1985: Three Dogs (oil on canvas remounted/panel, 34 × 28 ins/86.5 × 71 cm) GBP 2,000

fig 5. An antique oil painting by Henri Schouten depicts two hunting dogs standing in an open landscape under a light cloudy sky inside a gilded frame. — fig 5. Huge. Henri Schouten (1864 -1927) Oil Painting

Cologne, 15 Oct 1988: Hens at the Edge of a Wood (oil on canvas, 37¾ × 52 ins/96 × 132 cm) DEM 5,000

Chester, 20 July 1989: Old Friends (oil on canvas, 19½ × 29¼ ins/49.5 × 74 cm) GBP 1,650

Amsterdam, 19 Sept 1989: Peasant Woman Leading Two Oxen along a Path (oil on canvas, 23¾ × 35½ ins/60.5 × 90 cm) NLG 4,830

fig 6. An antique oil painting by Henri Schouten depicts two hunting dogs standing in an open landscape under a light cloudy sky inside a gilded frame. — fig 6. Huge. Henri Schouten (1864 -1927) Oil Painting

Amsterdam, 2 May 1990: Cows Drinking by a River (oil on canvas, 24¼ × 35¾ ins/61.5 × 91 cm) NLG 6,900

Brussels, 12 June 1990: Horses and Cows at a Drinking Trough (oil on canvas, a pair, each 19¾ × 29½ ins/50 × 75 cm) BEF 90,000

fig 7. An antique oil painting by Henri Schouten depicts two hunting dogs standing in an open landscape under a light cloudy sky inside a gilded frame. — fig 7. Huge. Henri Schouten (1864 -1927) Oil Painting

London, 15 Jan 1991: Hunter with his English and Gordon Setters; Hunter with his English and Irish Setters (oil on canvas, a pair, each 32 × 25 ins/81.2 × 63.5 cm) GBP 2,860

Brussels, 7 Oct 1991: Cows by a River (oil on canvas, 28¾ × 39¼ ins/73 × 100 cm) BEF 70,000

fig 8. An antique oil painting by Henri Schouten depicts two hunting dogs standing in an open landscape under a light cloudy sky inside a gilded frame. — fig 8. Huge. Henri Schouten (1864 -1927) Oil Painting

Amsterdam, 5-6 Nov 1991: Hunter (oil on canvas, 31½ × 23½ ins/80 × 60 cm) NLG 5,980

Calais, 2 Feb 1992: Empty-handed; The Game Will Have to be Bought (oil on panel, 17 × 20¾ ins/43 × 53 cm) FRF 26,000

Amsterdam, 18 Feb 1992: Sheep and Lambs in a Landscape (oil on canvas, 24¾ × 19 ins/63 × 48.5 cm) NLG 2,300

fig 9. An antique oil painting by Henri Schouten depicts two hunting dogs standing in an open landscape under a light cloudy sky inside a gilded frame. — fig 9. Huge. Henri Schouten (1864 -1927) Oil Painting

Amsterdam, 22 April 1992: Memory of Scotland: Shetland Ponies and Sheep in a Landscape (1892, oil on canvas, 39¾ × 59½ ins/101 × 151 cm) NLG 10,350

Lokeren, 10 Oct 1992: Rural Landscape (oil on canvas, 31½ × 47¼ ins/80 × 120 cm) BEF 110,000

fig 10. An antique oil painting by Henri Schouten depicts two hunting dogs standing in an open landscape under a light cloudy sky inside a gilded frame. — fig 10. Huge. Henri Schouten (1864 -1927) Oil Painting

London, 25 Nov 1992: Group of Arabian Riders (1899, oil on canvas, 27¼ × 39 ins/69 × 99 cm) GBP 8,800

Paris, 2 April 1993: Returning from Ploughing (oil on canvas, 31½ × 39¼ ins/80 × 100 cm) FRF 6,500

Lokeren, 4 Dec 1993: Polder Landscape with some Cows (oil on canvas)

New York, 16 Feb 1994: Cobblers (1895, oil on canvas, 26 × 22 ins/66 × 55.9 cm) USD 3,450

Lokeren, 10 Dec 1994: Cows in a Polder Landscape (oil on canvas, 25½ × 33¼ ins/65 × 84.5 cm) BEF 40,000

Lokeren, 11 March 1995: Cows Going to Drink (oil on canvas, 35 × 49¼ ins/89 × 125 cm) BEF 85,000

London, 11 April 1995: Old Friends (oil on canvas, 23¼ × 28¼ ins/59 × 72 cm) GBP 4,140

Amsterdam, 7 Nov 1995: Bull in a Landscape (1911, oil on canvas, 38¾ × 59 ins/98.5 × 149 cm) NLG 3,068

Amsterdam, 16 April 1996: The Four Seasons (four oils on canvas, collection of ovals, each 32 × 26¼ ins/81 × 66.5 cm) NLG 24,780

New York, 11 April 1997: Three Setters (oil on canvas, 31½ × 23½ ins/80 × 59.7 cm) USD 4,830

Date of Manufacture

Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this Antique Hunting Dog Painting to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Report ID 08964054

Dealer's Item Date19th Century

Sellingantiques dating19th Century

Sellingantiques agingItem 105-145 years old

ResultsDates match

Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 19th Century:

Fine pattern of craquelure across the paint: natural ageing of oil over decades.

Unlined canvas on a keyed pine stretcher: construction typical of the late nineteenth century.

Oxidised linen and darkened timber on the back: long natural exposure to air.

Signed lower left: in keeping with recorded late nineteenth-century Belgian canine works.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Physical Dimensions

Height

76.2cm (30.00")

Width

106.7cm (42.01")

Depth

7cm (2.76")

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA1137722

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