Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek I & Eugène Verboeckhoven artwork • painting • previously for sale Livestock at a watering hole

Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek was a student of his father Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek. Initially he was a house painter and also ran a painting shop. In 1837 he moved to Kleve, Germany, to be apprenticed to his brother Barend Cornelis Koekkoek. His landscapes, mainly summer scenes, are wide and open. These landscapes are less wooded than his brother's work. The small human and animal figures in his landscapes illustrate the romantic idea of the greatness of nature versus the insignificance of man. His Belgian contemporary Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven was probably commissioned by Koekkoek to furnish the landscape with cattle and other animals. The collaboration of artists on a painting, in which each painter contributed from his own specialism, was not unusual until well into the 19th century. Meer over deze brontekstBrontekst vereist voor aanvullende vertaalinformatie Feedback sturen Zijvensters