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Anthonij 'Anton' Mauve
Zaandam 1838-1888 Arnhem
A portrait of Ariëtte Mauve-Carbentus, oil on canvas laid down on panel 19,5 x 33,8 cm., signed l.r.

Provenance: veiling Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 'Tableaux et Études de Anton Mauve', 15 mei 1917, lotnr. 89 (met afb.).
Literature: Nelly de Zwaan, 'Nederland uit de kunst: 365 dagen kijken en lezen', Warnsveld 2005, 10 mei (met afb. in kleur); Marthy Locht, 'Schilders in het land van Mauve' 2006, afb. in kleur pag. 20; Saskia de Bodt, Michiel Plomp (red.), 'Anton Mauve 1838-1888', Bussum/Haarlem/Laren 2009, pag. 131 (met afb. in kleur nr. 167), pag. 211, cat.nr. 82.

Anton Mauve is one of the foremost painters of the Hague School. He received his training from the animal painters P.F. van Os and Wouterus Verschuur. He also worked for a time in the Gelderland village of Oosterbeek with P.J.C. Gabriël. In his paintings he combines landscape and animals. After some wanderings he settled in The Hague in 1871, later in Laren, where he painted the heathland with herds of woolly sheep melting into the silver grey tones of the landscape. One of his favourite spots was an area of waste land situated just outside Laren, which later became known as the Mauve Sands.