"Romantic Landscape by a Dutch Artist: Water, Shepherds and Cows"

(1777 Tilburg - 1847 Berlicum) Dutch river landscape with a shepherd and cows at a watering place. Romantic atmospheric landscape by the versatile Dutch artist, son of the painter Nicolaas Frederik Knip. In 1801 Knip went to Paris, and in late 1809 he traveled to Rome, where he stayed until 1812 and undertook study trips across Italy. In 1813 he returned to the Netherlands, initially settling in 's-Hertogenbosch; later he worked in Amsterdam (1817-1823), Nijmegen (1820/21), Paris (1823-1827), and The Hague (1827-1836). In 1832 Knip settled. A comparable painting in motif and composition is a landscape in the Netherlands Collection, Amsterdam (Inv. No. NK 1956). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1830 (?). 66 cm x 88 cm. Framed.