Landscape With Sheep, Goat And Dog, Jan Van Der Meer The Younger (1626-1705)

The day has risen, the sun colors the sky and the old oaks let through a diaphanous light, a large-leaved thistle enhances with its subtly illuminated color the dark part of the painting where the spectator can admire many details: butterflies, a small daisy, the details of the leaves of the thistles. A dog located in the foreground, guardian of this pastoral tranquility, watches us from the corner of his eye.
Jan Van der Meer was very famous for his drawings and paintings of animals (source Bénézit) was born in Haarlem, the Netherlands in 1656, a pupil of his father Jan van der Meer nicknamed (VerMeer of Haarlem) after a stay in Italy he settled in his hometown, opened a workshop where he trained many students in animal painting, his animal work has been compared with another native of Haarlem Nicholas Berchem (1620 - 1683).
Our painting is compared to two drawings: -Preparatory drawing of a dog from the collection: Drieffield Manor (Gloucesterhire) UK. -A drawing of sheep and lamb (Former collection Henri d'orléans duc d'Aumale - L2779) Condé Chantilly Museum.
The works of Jan Van der Meer are kept in the museums: Rijskmuseum of Amsterdam, Kunstmuseum of Dresden, Hamburg, Saint Petersburg, In France: Louvre Museum (drawings), Chantilly, Rouen, Metz…..in a pretty carved frame of the time. The works of Jan Van der Meer are kept in the museums: Rijskmuseum of Amsterdam, Kunstmuseum of Dresden, Hamburg, Saint Petersburg, In France: Louvre Museum (drawings), Chantilly, Rouen, Metz…..
dimension with frame: 162cm x125cm
dimension without frame: 143.2cm x 109cm