The Belgian artist painted animals

A Belgian painter who specialized in animal and landscape painting, active around 1860. A shepherd with cows and sheep in the evening light, evoking associations with the circle of the significant Belgian animal artist Eugène Verboeckhoven (1798–1881), who influenced the art of his time with his own works featuring precise observations of nature and vivid depictions of animals, as well as through his students. Oil on oak panel. Signed and dated 1859. 56 cm x 68.5 cm. In a frame.