{"product_id":"antique-european-cow-landscape-oil-painting-1900","title":"Antique European Cow Landscape Oil Painting, Ca. 1900","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo cows hold a wide, open pasture, one lying down and facing a windmill on the far horizon, the other grazing in the foreground. The paint is built up thick across the grazing cow’s back and head, while the sky is handled thin and smooth and takes up more than half the picture. Unsigned, which is usual for pastoral cattle pictures of this kind, many of which were painted in quantity for the decorative trade across northern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Artist | Unidentified\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Signature | Unsigned\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Medium | Oil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Subject | Two cows in an open pasture, one reclining and one grazing, with a windmill and water on the horizon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Origin | Continental European, likely Belgium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Age | Circa 1900, assessed on frame style and paint handling. The reverse was not opened, so no construction evidence is recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Frame Size | 15 in. W x 18.25 in. H\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Format | Vertical rectangle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Frame | Gilt composition frame with an anthemion and scroll band, a beaded sight edge, and a laurel-leaf outer molding. Period frame; it has not been established that it is original to the painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Style | Pastoral cattle landscape\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[condition]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAntique condition consistent with age. The surface shows overall craquelure under an aged, yellowed varnish. A vertical crack runs through the sky in the upper left, with a small lifted flake of paint at its top end near the frame edge, and a fainter second line sits just to its right. There are a few pale spots in the sky. The surface has not been examined under UV light, so the extent of any earlier retouching is not known. The upper right corner of the picture is slightly warped and sits lifted back from the frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe reverse is closed with a backing board, which was not removed. The support, its edges, and any marks or labels on the reverse are therefore not recorded. It is hung with modern D-rings and wire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe frame shows its age. There is exposed white gesso along the left and lower rails, cracking in the laurel leaves, open mitre joints at the corners, edge wear, and dark spotting in the gilding of the outer molding. Old nail or pin holes are visible in the outer edge. The gilt ornament is otherwise well defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePlease review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67636982251798,"sku":"ENM-2258","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/October_2026-14895.jpg?v=1793726160","url":"https:\/\/austynmariedesign.com\/products\/antique-european-cow-landscape-oil-painting-1900","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}