Changing Pasture
about 188732 1/4 x 48 11/16 in. (81.92 x 123.67 cm)
Anton Mauve (Dutch, 1838–1888)
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Bequest of Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft
Accession Number:
1931.457
Currently on View in:
South Hall
Exhibition History
The Netherlands. The Hague. Haags Geementemuseum. Painters of the Hague School, June 18–September 12, 1965.Amsterdam. Rijksmuseum. On Country Roads and Fields: The Depiction of the 18th and 19th century Landscape, November 28, 1997–March 3, 1998.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. In a New Light: Treasures from the Taft, July 3, 2021–May 1, 2022.
Gallery Label
Under a cloudy sky, a shepherd leads his flock across a windswept heath. The man holds a shepherd’s hook, and a dog trots near his side. The sheep move toward the horizon in a mass: just a few details suggest ears and tails. Anton Mauve once described a similar scene in the Dutch countryside, writing, “That shepherd came by again with his sheep. I can still hear the jingling and pattering as if it were beautiful music by Beethoven.”
Provenance
Acquired by Judge Bronson, New Haven, CT. (Acquired by Scott and Fowles, New York, NY); purchased by Charles Phelps Taft [1843-1929] and Anna Sinton Taft [1850-1931], Cincinnati, OH, February 6, 1905; donated to the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, Cincinnati, OH, May 21, 1927 [1]; transferred to the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH, September 1, 2006 [2]. Notes:
[1]. The Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts (CIFA) was formed by Charles Phelps and Anna Sinton Taft on March 22, 1927 as a non-profit corporation to stimulate the development of art and music in the City of Cincinnati and run the Taft Museum of Art, which opened in 1932. The Tafts offered $1 million for a permanent endowment fund, on the condition that the community raise $2.5 million in matching funds, which was achieved by December 3, 1928. [2]. Until August 31, 2006, the Museum was owned by CIFA, administered by CIFA’s Board of Trustees, and governed by the Taft Museum Board of Overseers. On September 1, 2006, the Museum legally separated from CIFA and began operations as its own incorporated 501(c)(3) entity. This separate incorporation led to the transfer to the separate entity after August 31, 2006 of all tangible assets comprising the Taft collection.
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