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324 - MARINUS ADRIANUS KOEKKOEK (DUTCH 1807–1870)CATTLE CROSSING A RIVER, SHEEP GRAZING UNDER TREESOil on canvasSigned and dated '1858' (lower right)45 x 60cm (17½ x 23½in.)Provenance:M. Newman Ltd., LondonMarinus Adrianus Koekkoek was born in Middleburg 25th September 1807, thesecond son of the painter Joahnnes Hermanus Koekkoek (1778-1851) and younger brother toBarend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803-1862). The Koekkoek family spanning four generations were toprove both highly successful and highly influential on the course of Dutch painting throughout thenineteenth century.Marinus studied under his father, who was painter of seascapes, whereas Marinus favouredlandscapes. As with so many artists of the period Marinus travelled extensively in the Netherlandsand beyond in search of subject matter and commissions. In 1836 he was established inAmsterdam, and moved the following year however to Kleve where his brother Barend lived with hisfamily, in order to assist him with the engraving of his work. In 1838-39 he lived in Hilversum, theprevious home of Barend, and he spent the following year in Amsterdam, returning to Hilversum in1842 where he was to spend the remainder of his life, barring brief sojourns in Amsterdam.Marinus exhibited in the Hague Amsterdam and Leeuwarden from 1836-1862, and in 1847 he wasawarded a silver medal by the ‘Felix Mentis’ Society in Amsterdam. Almost his entire oeuvre werelandscapes, the majority scenes set in the Netherlands, but including views in the more rugged eastof the country on the Rhine, interspersed with the occasional coastal scene and town views. Hisstyle was very much in the tradition of seventeenth century Netherlandish landscape painting,
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MARINUS ADRIANUS KOEKKOEK (DUTCH 1807–1870)CATTLE CROSSING A RIVER, SHEEP GRAZING UNDER TREESOil on canvasSigned and dated '1858' (lower right)45 x 60cm (17½ x 23½in.)Provenance:M. Newman Ltd., LondonMarinus Adrianus Koekkoek was born in Middleburg 25th September 1807, thesecond son of the painter Joahnnes Hermanus Koekkoek (1778-1851) and younger brother toBarend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803-1862). The Koekkoek family spanning four generations were toprove both highly successful and highly influential on the course of Dutch painting throughout thenineteenth century.Marinus studied under his father, who was painter of seascapes, whereas Marinus favouredlandscapes. As with so many artists of the period Marinus travelled extensively in the Netherlandsand beyond in search of subject matter and commissions. In 1836 he was established inAmsterdam, and moved the following year however to Kleve where his brother Barend lived with hisfamily, in order to assist him with the engraving of his work. In 1838-39 he lived in Hilversum, theprevious home of Barend, and he spent the following year in Amsterdam, returning to Hilversum in1842 where he was to spend the remainder of his life, barring brief sojourns in Amsterdam.Marinus exhibited in the Hague Amsterdam and Leeuwarden from 1836-1862, and in 1847 he wasawarded a silver medal by the ‘Felix Mentis’ Society in Amsterdam. Almost his entire oeuvre werelandscapes, the majority scenes set in the Netherlands, but including views in the more rugged eastof the country on the Rhine, interspersed with the occasional coastal scene and town views. Hisstyle was very much in the tradition of seventeenth century Netherlandish landscape painting,
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