The Shepherd
Oil on panel 47x35 cm.
Signed Lower left: A. Mollinger. 57
Painted in 1857
Herding the pigs in a dutch countryside, the beginning impressionistic style of painting starts slowly in the work of this trendsetting painter, who was ahead of his time. The ressemblence with his friend and teachter Willem Roelofs is striking.
Literature:
"Van Romantiek tot realisme" Arthistorical lectures by J. Knoef, 1947 with ill. opposite of page 205. "Halverwege Parijs" door Saskia de Bodt, academisch proefschrift Utrecht, 1959, nr. 106.
Exposition:
Hague School, Theme of a collectioner, Kempenland Museum Eindhoven, 04-07 / 06-09 1992, cat. nr. 78.
Summersites, Gemeentelijke Expositie ruimte Kampen, 06-07 / 22-09 1996, cat. nr. 27
