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Rural Landscape Oil Painting by Laurens Plas (1828-1893)
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Rural Landscape Oil Painting by Laurens Plas (1828-1893)

19th century
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A fine and detailed oil on mahogany panel by Dutch artist Laurens Plas (1828-1893). The scene shows a lowland marsh area that is typically Dutch with a small farmstead and sheep. The work is signed and dated 1876 to the lower right. Laurens Plas was from a family of well-known painters, he specialised in rural and animal scenes. The painting has been professionally cleaned and is in excellent condition. The frame is a modern fine quality gilt example that has been antiqued to suit the age of the painting. The whole is ready to hang.

Overall sizes in inches including frame: 14 ½ by 11 ½

Date of Manufacture

Prometheus Antiques has dated this Antique Rural Landscape Painting to the 1870s.

Independent Date Guide ID 07024872
Dealer's Item Date1870s
Sellingantiques Date1870s
Sellingantiques agingItem 140-160 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 1870s:
Signed and dated 1876 lower right: fits the active period of the painter.
Chamfered timber panel on the reverse: standard 19th-century support preparation.
Dutch trade label on the panel back: late 19th-century provenance from The Hague.
Naturally oxidised and darkened timber reverse: unvarnished surface aged over many decades.

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
29cm (11.42")
Width
37cm (14.57")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Reference Numbers
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SA860696
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Description
A fine and detailed oil on mahogany panel by Dutch artist Laurens Plas (1828-1893). The scene shows a lowland marsh area that is typically Dutch with a small farmstead and sheep. The work is signed and dated 1876 to the lower right. Laurens Plas was from a family of well-known painters, he specialised in rural and animal scenes. The painting has been professionally cleaned and is in excellent condition.
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The frame is a modern fine quality gilt example that has been antiqued to suit the age of the painting.
Prometheus Antiques

The whole is ready to hang.

Overall sizes in inches including frame: 14 ½ by 11 ½

Date of Manufacture

Prometheus Antiques has dated this Antique Rural Landscape Painting to the 1870s.

Independent Date Report ID 07024872
Dealer's Item Date1870s
Sellingantiques dating1870s
Sellingantiques agingItem 140-160 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 1870s:
Signed and dated 1876 lower right: fits the active period of the painter.
Chamfered timber panel on the reverse: standard 19th-century support preparation.
Dutch trade label on the panel back: late 19th-century provenance from The Hague.
Naturally oxidised and darkened timber reverse: unvarnished surface aged over many decades.

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.

Height
29cm (11.42")
Width
37cm (14.57")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA860696
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A 19th-century rural oil painting featuring sheep grazing near a farmhouse surrounded by trees, set within a heavily carved gold leaf frame.
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Archive I A 19th-century rural oil painting featuring sheep grazing near a farmhouse surrounded by trees, set within a heavily carved gold leaf frame.

Rural Landscape Oil Painting by Laurens Plas (1828-1893)

Archive II A 19th-century rural oil painting featuring sheep grazing near a farmhouse surrounded by trees, set within a heavily carved gold leaf frame. View II
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A 19th-century rural oil painting featuring sheep grazing near a farmhouse surrounded by trees, set within a heavily carved gold leaf frame.
Rural landscape oil painting by Laurens Plas (1828-1893)
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A 19th-century rural oil painting featuring sheep grazing near a farmhouse surrounded by trees, set within a heavily carved gold leaf frame.
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  • ObjectOil Painting
  • Period19th century
  • Style19th Century Realism
  • MaterialOil on Canvas, Giltwood
  • ColourWarm Green, Gold
  • MotifsPastoral scene, Gilt acanthus moulding, Grazing sheep
  • SizeH 29 cm (11 in) x W 37 cm (15 in) x D 4 cm (2 in)

This rural landscape oil painting by Dutch artist Laurens Plas dates from 1870 in the nineteenth-century realism style. The work depicts a lowland marsh area with a small farmstead, trees, a figure, and grazing sheep under a warm green and gold palette. It is housed within an antiqued giltwood frame featuring ornate acanthus moulding and decorative corner cartouches. The piece measures 29 cm high, 37 cm wide, and 4 cm deep. Suitable for hanging in an English country house interior, the painting sits well above the mantel in a living room, study, or hallway. The work comes ready to hang with a signed and dated lower right corner. The composition brings traditional pastoral charm to residential spaces seeking a classic nineteenth-century aesthetic.

FAQs

19th-century landscape paintings often focused on naturalistic depictions of rural life, agricultural scenes, and tranquil countryside settings, strongly influenced by Romanticism and realism.

Artists typically used oil paints applied to stretched flax canvas or wooden panels, presented within carved wood frames gilded with gold leaf over plaster or gesso moulding.

Authentic works from this period usually feature natural age craquelure across the paint surface, historical artist signatures, period-correct canvas stretching methods, and oxidisation on the rear of the frame.

Hang a gilded landscape painting above a fireplace mantelpiece, position it within a gallery wall mixed with modern drawings, or illuminate it with an antique brass picture light above a sideboard.

Keep the painting away from direct sunlight, extreme humidity, and direct heat sources, dusting the gilded frame gently with a soft dry brush rather than liquid cleaners.
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