Hendrik Pieter Koekkoek, Picturesque Landscape With Oak Trees

Hendrik Pieter Koekkoek, Picturesque Landscape With Oak TreesThis 19th century oil painting by Dutch artist Hendrik Pieter Koekkoek (1843 c. 1890) depicts a gentle rural view with oak trees and distant church. Travelling back along a well trod country lane, a father and son pass under the boughs of twisting oaks. A timber framed thatched cottage, with an adjoining rustic barn, welcomes them home once more. While the spire of an ancient church prods above the horizon and signifies a distant town. Its poignant

Her colourful works simultaneously capture strength and femininity - a female acrobat

Note also the little splashes of light by the plates hanging above the doorway

An entrepreneur perhaps

I have always been known as Madame Harmar or as Fairlie Harmar

that it’s 1680 and you’re the wife of an upcoming Italian merchant

The rural lifestyle elevated to near-ethereal bliss

The details are exquisite and we particularly love the glimpse of his moustache

it has the appearance of a beautifully worn old country house picture

The etching is signed in pencil and housed with a good later frame

1915Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Overall very good

1910Provenance: FranceCondition: Tatty

not only in terms of scale but also with regards to the artist’s notoriety