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Fishing Boats on the Beach in Winter
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Fishing Boats on the Beach in Winter

mid to late 19th century

Medium

Black chalk, watercolor, some white bodycolor; framing lines in black chalk

Dimensions

12-13/16 x 16-1/16 in. (32.5 x 40.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., Susan H. Seidel, and Jill Newhouse Gifts, 2000

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Anton Mauve

1838–1888Kingdom of the Netherlands

One of the artists of The Hague School, he worked mainly outdoors. His work is characterized by grey, tonal landscapes with moody skies. Mauve was a major influence on his cousin, Vincent van Gogh, whose niece he married. Comment on works: Landscapes, genre