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(Active in Holland at the end of the 19th century)
Grazing flock
Oil on canvas, cm. 37x54
Signed 'J. DE HERDER' lower right
Frame size, cm. 49 x 67 x 5 approx.
ESTIMATE €800 – 1,200
Special Notice: This lot is offered with full RESERVES
NOTES: Publication of the catalog of works from the Intermidiart collection. Work signed lower right. Certificate of Guarantee and Lawful Origin. Work with gilded frame (defects):
Interesting good quality painting, oil on canvas, depicting a grazing flock; the whole scene is framed from the front, with the flock with sheep and goats and its shepherd as the protagonist, during their afternoon meal, in the open countryside of northern Europe, where the strong contrast of the glimpse of the countryside with the meadow emerges - on the left – and forest trees to the right. In fact, we are faced with that typology of pictorial works that portray realistic scenes and episodes of everyday life, the so-called GENRE PAINTING. The work is characterized by a perfect mastery of both form and technique, with a good quality finish that manages to obtain great effects of realism. In terms of style, we are close to the eclectic current that dominated the second half of the 19th century, realism: a 19th-century movement that opposes Romantic Painting and Idealist Painting, in vogue among painters of the time. In the work under discussion, the artist's will to seek his own figurative manner, an expression of individual thought and feeling, is not lacking. In fact, we are faced with an experimental individualism, where the freedom of autonomous research seems to be the most suitable means to make figurative language current, in an era of sudden social changes and political ferment. In a context where the content values of the work of art are rejected, the artists then resolved to renew their meanings in a formal way. A commitment that did not concern only those of them most intolerant of the pictorial tradition, but also those who trusted in a conception of art based on selected formal qualities.
The indisputable pictorial skills are highlighted here by a remarkable descriptive work in the rendering of details in a medium-sized work. The painter also tries to fix the passage of time on the canvas, given by the change of light and the passing of the seasons. The contrasts of light and shadow, the same radiant and poignant light, the surprisingly strong, brilliant, calm and pure colours, are the figures of this painting which is influenced by impressionism and post-impressionism but which is also declined with an entirely subjective pleasure for that past that recalls works with rural scenes.
The original pictorial ductus of this work, characterized by a remarkable executive level, reveals – probably – the authorship of a skilled painter – active in Holland between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, and who was able to render with great skill pictorial quality and attention to detail. Work signed 'J. DE HERDER' lower right.
Regarding its state of conservation, the canvas is in a good state of conservation, the pictorial surface shows a patina paint. The work is sold with a gilded frame (frame size approx. 49 x 67 x 5 cm, with small defects). "The frame shown in the photos above has been added to the artwork by the seller or a third party. The frame is provided to you at no additional cost so it is ready to display as soon as it arrives. The frame is included as a gift courtesy and is not considered an integral part of the artwork.Therefore, any potential damage to the frame that does not affect the artwork itself will not be accepted as a valid reason to open a claim or request cancellation of the order ."
Provenance: Coll. Sicilian private
Publication:
? Unreleased;
? The Myths and the Territory in Sicily with a thousand cultures. UNEDITED QUADRERIA general catalog of paintings from the collection of the cycle "Myths and the territory", Editore Lab_04, Marsala, 2023.
We also guarantee accurate bubble wrap / cardboard / internal polystyrene packaging (packaging cost approximately € 50.00) and tracked shipping (€ 50.00 Italy). For export, the work is subject to a request for a Certificate of Free Circulation (European Community) or a Certificate of Export (Extra Community Transport), at the export office (Superintendency of the territory) with the times and costs burdened ( €300/€500, all included: shipping, packing in wooden crates and export parts).
The shipment could be delayed by a few days/weeks for logistical and administrative reasons. 67518677