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Source Description
The son of a Flemish artist employed at the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Van Marcke himself decorated porcelains at Sèvres for nine years. An older colleague, Constant Troyon, encouraged him to paint in oils directly from nature. In 1857, Van Marcke began to submit paintings to the Paris salons, and, within a few years he had gained renown as a painter of cattle, a category of art that appealed to city dwellers in Europe and America in the late 19th century. In this scene, Van Marcke depicts cattle grazing in the swamps of the Landes, a region along the southwest coast of France. In the background, a cowherd walking on stilts tends the cattle.
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Document identity
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31764
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The Approach of a Storm
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drawing
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31764
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title
The Approach of a Storm
description
The son of a Flemish artist employed at the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Van Marcke himself decorated porcelains at Sèvres for nine years. An older colleague, Constant Troyon, encouraged him to paint in oils directly from nature. In 1857, Van Marcke began to submit paintings to the Paris salons, and, within a few years he had gained renown as a painter of cattle, a category of art that appealed to city dwellers in Europe and America in the late 19th century. In this scene, Van Marcke depicts cattle grazing in the swamps of the Landes, a region along the southwest coast of France. In the background, a cowherd walking on stilts tends the cattle.
provenance
Purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, June 8, 1872 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 363.
date
ca. 1872
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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2
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2
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import
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cm
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146
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201
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H: 57 1/2 x W: 79 1/8 in. (146 x 201 cm); Framed H: 77 × W: 99 7/16 × D: 8 1/16 in. (195.6 × 252.5 × 20.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] In black at lower left: E. M. Van Marcke
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oil on canvas
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EAN
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2324
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