Very fine and detailed Dutch landscape with peasant figures  on the foreground and windmills on background was executed around 1860-1870s. Despite the lack of signatures, this landscape  (oil on wood) have all the criteria to be attributed to Dutch landscape and marine painter Johannes Franciscus HOPPENBROUWERS (1819 - The Haque - 1866). For comparison see our additional images with other landscapes by him. He mainly made landscapes in a romantic style (also in small format on wood). He also wrote poems. Hoppenbrouwers was best known for his winter and summer landscapes, where he often left the figure upholstery to his friend Charles Rochussen, sometimes also to others such as David Bles and Salomon Verveer. He also made a number of small panoramic views, often with the mountainous Rhine bank as the subject.

Hoppenbrouwers exhibited regularly during the Living Masters Exhibition. He was the teacher of Louis Apol. In 1867 he died at the age of 47. His work is among others in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the Gemeentemuseum The Hague, the Amsterdam Museum, the Teylers Museum in Haarlem. and the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam. The Metropolitan Museum in New York also has a winter landscape by Hoppenbrouwers in its collection.

Literature: E. Benezit " Dictionary of painters, sculptors, decorators and etchers"(in French), Paris, 1999; Thieme/Becker, Leipzig,1999.

Inscription: unsigned.

Technique:  oil on wood. Original period black lacque wood frame with gilt matt.

Measurements: unframed w. 8 2/3” x h. 6 7/8”  ( 22 x 17,5 cm), framed w. 13 3/4” x h. 12” (35 x 30,5 cm)

Condition: good condition.