Monumental animalistic painting with deer and his cows was executed in 1859 by renown Dutch animale, bird, landscape painter August Knip (1819-1859), who came from the famous artist family , he was the sibling of another famous animale painter Henriette Ronner-Knip.

Literature: "General Artist´s Lexicon " by Thieme/Becker and " Dictionary of Austrian artists "(in German), Benezit (in French), several Dutch lexicons; Waller 1938; Scheen I volume, 1969.

Inscription: signed and dated 1859 lower left

Technique: oil on canvas. Salon gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 29 1/2" x h 42 1/3" (75 x 107,5 cm), framed w 36 3/4" x h 49" (93,5 x 124,5 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.