The art of the Netherland galleries : being a history of the Dutch school of painting illuminated and demonstrated by critical descriptions of the great paintings in the many galleries (1908)
Preyer, David C. (David Charles), 1861-1913 · Boston : L.C. Page & Co. · leaf 240
The Man withthe Hoe, we are indeed impressed with the hope-less, grovelling spirit of this ^^ brother of the ox.*To find the same spirit in any of Mauves paint-ings is to be utterly ignorant of the character of hismodels. True, they toil and labour, the old manis trudging homeward behind the cattle… … PIETERDE HOOGH THE BUTTERY Plate XXIII{See page 263) Ryks MuseumAmsterdam Ube f 1[$ Century H)utcb painters 177 philosophy of these peasant-Hves is to do the hardwork in the days course cheerfully, and contentedwith their lot. They are happy in their toil, and inthe rest after the work is done.…
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