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Landscape with Sheep, ca. 1890

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 58.5 x 70.9 cm
  • Inv. 1914-HN

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The subtle light effects and evocative brushwork in Landscape with Sheep are typical of Xavier De Cock’s later work. The hazy, muffled painting method is akin to the work of Corot and displays all the features of Impressionism.

Artist

Xavier De Cock RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1818 - Deurle (Sint-Martens-Latem) 1896
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Title Landscape with Sheep
Date ca. 1890
Period 19th century
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1914-HN
Acquisition credit bequest
Scribe, Fernand
Ghent
1913
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-HN
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/743/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015636 landscapes AAT
300263554 animal paintings AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25F1 groups of animals Iconclass
25G11 groups of trees Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25G31 shrubs Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H114 low hill country Iconclass
25H15 forest, wood Iconclass
25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass
25H17 meadow, pasture Iconclass
300015636 landscapes AAT
46A222 rural life Iconclass
47I213 sheep Iconclass
47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass
47I2211 herd, flock Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 47)
Xavier & César De Cock (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]
De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 59, 90 (ill.), 160 (ill.))
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 108-109 (ill.))
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