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Anton Mauve shared with Millet a commitment to painting the everyday lives of local peasants, which he likewise bestowed upon Van Gogh, his relative by marriage, when the younger painter sought Mauve’s instruction while living in The Hague in the early 1880s. Here, Mauve depicts a weary carter, his clogs a marker of his Dutch heritage, being pulled along with his load by an ox. A village—indicated by a minute church steeple—disappears along the distant horizon.
Carter on a Country Road
Anton Mauve (Dutch, 1838–1888)
1867
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
61.3 x 91.2 cm (24 1/8 x 35 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Nathaniel T. Kidder
Accession Number38.1419
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Anton Mauve shared with Millet a commitment to painting the everyday lives of local peasants, which he likewise bestowed upon Van Gogh, his relative by marriage, when the younger painter sought Mauve’s instruction while living in The Hague in the early 1880s. Here, Mauve depicts a weary carter, his clogs a marker of his Dutch heritage, being pulled along with his load by an ox. A village—indicated by a minute church steeple—disappears along the distant horizon.
InscriptionsLower right: A Mauve
ProvenanceHenry P. Kidder (b. 1823 - d. 1886), Boston; by inheritance to his son, Nathaniel Thayer Kidder (b. 1860 - d. 1938), Boston; 1938, bequest of Nathaniel T. Kidder to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 17, 1938)