Portrait of Pieter Frederik van Os
Medium
Graphite; framing lines in graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 1/2in. (26.7 x 21.6cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mary W. Tweed, 1929
Accession Number
29.93.1
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
Anton Mauve|Pieter Frederik van Os · 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...