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Woman pulling a tow rope. verso: sketch of landscape with figures
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Woman pulling a tow rope. verso: sketch of landscape with figures

mid to late 19th century

Medium

Graphite and black chalk

Tags

Dimensions

sheet: 6 7/16 x 4 11/16in. (16.3 x 11.9cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mary W. Tweed, 1929

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