Huile sur toile. L. 36 cm × H. 30 cm. Paysage pastoral animé d'une vache, un cheval, des chèvres et des bergers. Réentoilé ; quelques restaurations et repeints localisés.
La vache — élément le plus caractéristique de la manière de l'artiste — demeure en très larges parties originale. Provenance : ancienne collection française. Peintre animalier et paysagiste amstelodamois, Adriaen van de Velde (1636–1672) est l'un des maîtres les plus accomplis de la peinture hollandaise du XVIIe siècle dans le genre pastoral, reconnu pour la finesse de son observation de la vie rurale, la justesse de ses lumières et la vivacité de ses animaux. Une scène pastorale très similaire — "Animals near a Building" — est conservée dans les collections de la National Gallery à Londres, attestant de la cohérence et de la qualité du présent tableau dans le corpus de l'artiste.
Oil on canvas. W. 36 cm × H. 30 cm. Pastoral landscape with a cow, a horse, goats and shepherds. Relined; some localised restoration and repainting.
The cow — the most characteristic element of the artist's manner — remains in very large part original. Provenance: from an old French collection. An Amsterdam animal painter and landscape specialist, Adriaen van de Velde (1636–1672) is one of the most accomplished masters of seventeenth-century Dutch painting in the pastoral genre, celebrated for the delicacy of his observation of rural life, the refinement of his light and the vivacity of his animals. A very similar pastoral scene — "Animals near a Building" — is held in the collections of the National Gallery in London, attesting to the consistency and quality of the present work within the artist's corpus.
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