Mari ten Kate artwork • painting • previously for sale Mother and child near the well
Mari ten Kate
Den Haag 1831-1910 Driebergen
1831-1910
Mother and child near the well
oil on canvas 60.5 x 80.0 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Mari ten Kate was a pupil of his brother, the genre painter H.F.C. ten Kate. He specialised in paintings with figures, often featuring children playing. As a true-born romantic, Ten Kate idealised their natural artlessness and virtue, as well as the simple existence of peasants and fishermen. His charming scenes were often far removed from 19th century reality, when such groups in society invariable led a hard and miserable existence.