Drie grazende schapen
About the work
In the museum's own words — in Dutch
Blad 20 verso uit een schetsboek met 44 bladen.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-T-1918-129A-20(V)
Meanwhile, in the life of Anton Mauve
The whole life1858–1868 · Workplace
Haarlem
1870 · Workplace
Amsterdam
1872
Settles in The Hague and joins the Hague School
In 1872 Mauve settles in The Hague, where he becomes a leading member of the Hague School and plays a leading role in the development of Pulchri Studio, the city’s most influential art society of the time.
1872–1885 · Workplace
The Hague
late November 1881
Teaches Van Gogh for three weeks in his studio
At the end of November 1881 Van Gogh spends three weeks in Mauve’s studio in The Hague, where Mauve teaches him watercolour; other accounts say they began with oils and turned to watercolour only in early 1882. It is Van Gogh’s first experiment in painting under a master’s guidance.
5 February 1888
Died
