Bleekveld

About this artwork

…; sale, the dealer Boussod, Valadon & Cie’, The Hague (Kleykamp), 12 June 1917, no. 106, fl. 4,000, to the dealer P.J. Zürcher, The Hague, probably for Dominicus Antonius Josephus Kessler (1855-1939) and Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann (1868-1947), Kapelle op den Bosch;{Copy RKD; note RKD.} collection Dominicus Antonius Josephus Kessler (1855-1939) and Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann (1868-1947), Kapelle op den Bosch;{Note RMA.} donated to the museum, with 17 other paintings, by Mrs A.C.M.H. Ke...

About the Artist

Anton Mauve · 1838–1888

Anton Mauve (1838–1888), born Anthonij Rudolf Mauve in Zaandam, Netherlands, hailed from a family of North Holland clergymen. At age 16, he apprenticed under animal painter Pieter Frederik van Os in Haarlem, mastering depictions of livestock, before studying briefly with Wouterus Verschuur, whose equine subjects instilled a lifelong affinity for horses. He honed his plein air technique alongside P...