Jacob Maris artwork • painting • previously for sale A child's portrait
Jacob Maris
Den Haag 1837-1899 Karlsbad (Tsjechië, v/h Oostenrijk-Hongarije)
1837-1899
A child's portrait
oil on canvas 35.2 x 28.4 cm, signed l.r. with initials
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: coll. kunsthandel Craibe Angus & Son, Glasgow, Groot-Brittannië; Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam, inv.nr. 684x; Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam, inv.nr. S 330; coll. W.K. Groesbeek, Amsterdam; veiling Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 'Collection Mme. A. Groesbeek-Assenbroek', 17 april 1956, lotnr. 198 (met afb.); part. coll. Amsterdam, 1980.
Literature: Th. de Bock, 'Jacob Maris', Amsterdam 1902-1903, afb. pag. 161.
Exhibited: Gouda, Museum Gouda, 'Tijdgenoten (paralleltentoonstelling bij Henri Fantin Latour - Dromen op doek)', 26 okt. 2013-30 maart 2014.
Jacob Maris was a major painter of the Hague School. More than any other artist he was able to capture the silver grey tones of an overcast Dutch day and combine these with dark browns, ochres and a single daub of colour. He painted chiefly landscapes, cityscapes and beach scenes. Influenced by the Barbizon School, he painted directly from nature. He achieved great success internationally and his work was sold in Scotland and the United States.
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