Julius Jacobus Van De Sande Bakhuijzen, Hague School Pastoral Scene At Sunset

Julius Jacobus Van De Sande Bakhuijzen, Hague School Pastoral Scene At SunsetA beautiful late 19th century oil painting depicting two farmers with a small flock of sheep on a riverbank. The last of the days sun illuminates a winding river as a canopy of trees creates shade and atmosphere. The artist, Julius Jacobus Van De Sande Bakhuijzen (1835 1925) was a member of the Hague School group of painters that worked between 1860 and 1890. This influential collective shared a passion for muted tones, subdued landscapes, and warm

This particular gentleman was probably painted by an enthusiastic amateur - perhaps a colleague or friend

His outfit is unusually flamboyant for the 19th-century when young men were often dressing like their fathers

Like many academy-trained painters from this period

Joseph Paulman has captured the atmosphere of this rural idyll perfectly

But he also painted genre scenes and occasionally interior scenes such as this

In this study

Artist’s auction highlight: £7

bracelet and rings

9” x 10¼” / 23cm x 26cm

Wolf Thaler (1895-1952)

There’s every chance that this is a view into Vedel’s own kitchen and maybe it’s his supper

adjacent to a farm cottage