Landscape with Cows
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London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Landscape with Cows, in which a drover leads cattle to water, is one of several copies of A wooded landscape with a herdsman, cows and sheep near a pool by Thomas Gainsborough (Christie’s sale 2008; current ownership unknown). The original Gainsborough painting is one of a pair, completed in 1786, and is typical of the quiet repose of his later work. It is a variant of a similar picture by Gainsborough, Boy Driving Cows near a Pool, c.1786, in the Tate Gallery. The V&A copy was sold by Christie’s in 1825 and so must be a comparatively early replica of Gainsborough’s work compared to the many imitations of his paintings which are probably mid-nineteenth century or later in date.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- CAI.109
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
