Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Willem Maris was a Dutch landscape painter of the Hague School of Art.
It was in Oosterbeek that he met Gerard Bilders and Anton Mauve. Maris would write about his legendary meeting with Mauve

A superb example of the work of this important 19th century Hague School landscape and animal painter Willem Maris. Signed lower left.
Maris’ work is highly collectable realising many thousands of pounds at auction. Please see the snapshots of auction results in the photograph section.

Good condition.
Painting Size, 13,1/2? x 11?
Bibliography De Boer, H.: Willem Maris, Zürcher, The Hague, 1905.
Heteren, Marjan van/Jansen, Guido/Leeuwe, Ronald de: The Poetry of Reality: Dutch Painters of the Nineteenth Century, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2000.

Loos, Wiepke: Aquarellen uit de verzameling Drucker-Fraser [The Hague School. Watercolours from the Drucker-Fraser collection], group exhibition catalogue, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2002.
Some auction records The bottom image and London auction sale price of £2750 in 2015 is not as desirable as the one we are presently offering for £2,500 with no 20%BP

Amsterdam, 9 Nov 1993: Cows Drinking (watercolour, 11¾ × 16¼ ins/30 × 41 cm) NLG 7,475
Amsterdam, 11 April 1995: Family of Ducks in a Field (oil on canvas, 33½ × 49¼ ins/85 × 125 cm) NLG 29,500
Amsterdam, 27 Oct 1997: Cows near a Watercourse (oil on canvas, 32 × 39¾ ins/81 × 101 cm) NLG 23,600

Amsterdam, 26 Oct 1999: Near Abcoude (oil on canvas, 26 × 44 ins/66 × 111 cm) NLG 40,000
Amsterdam, 26 Oct 1999: Pasture (oil on canvas, 21 × 29 ins/54 × 73 cm) NLG 48,000
New York, 8 March 2000: Pastoral Landscape (oil on canvas, 26 × 31 ins/65 × 79 cm) USD 21,000

Amsterdam, 24 Oct 2000: Milking Time (oil on canvas, 20 × 16 ins/51 × 41 cm) NLG 30,000
Amsterdam, 23 April 2001: Watering Cows (oil on canvas, 19 × 39 ins/47 × 100 cm) NLG 42,000
Amsterdam, 23 April 2001: Ducks on the Waterfront (oil on canvas, 20 × 34 ins/52 × 86 cm) NLG 55,000

Amsterdam, 12 March 2002: Cows Watering by Willows (oil on canvas, 17 × 10 ins/42 × 25 cm) EUR 24,000
Amsterdam, 23 April 2002: Cow at Pasture (oil on canvas, 26 × 37 ins/67 × 93 cm) EUR 6,500
Amsterdam, 15 April 2003: Watering Cows in a Polder Landscape (watercolour, 11 × 16 ins/27 × 40 cm) EUR 4,500

Amsterdam, 28 Oct 2003: Cows on a Riverbank (oil on canvas, 21 × 32 ins/53 × 81 cm) EUR 13,000
Amsterdam, 19 April 2004: Cows Watering (oil on canvas, 31 × 40 ins/80 × 102 cm) EUR 6,000
Amsterdam, 21 April 2004: Watering Cows in Summer (oil on canvas, 24 × 20 ins/61 × 50 cm) EUR 6,000
In the meadows by WILLEM MARIS WILLEM MARIS
(DUTCH, 1844 – 1910)
In the meadows
PRICE SOLD
$ 4,185 USD
€ 3,931 EUR
£ 2,750 GBP
ORIGINAL CURRENCY OF SALE
£ 2,750 GBP Premium
ESTIMATE
£ 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
LOT #494 NOVEMBER 2015 London
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Willem Maris (1844 – 1910)
Lot 200: Willem Maris (1844-1910)
Willem Maris (1844-1910)
Est: €18,000 – €24,000
€18,000 0 bids
Venduehuis der Notarissen
November 15, 2017, 1:30 PM CET
‘s-Gravenhage, Netherlands
Live Auction
Item Overview
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