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
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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 |
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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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