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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Painted in the artist's later years, Verboeckhoven's interests and aptitudes had changed little from his younger works. His specialism was painting farmyard animals and he was renowned for his meticulous and highly observed technique. Although the definition of his brushwork may have softened, his talent for depicting the sheep and ducks is clear. This was a common pairing as the two were often kept together to prevent the sheep from contracting 'liver fluke'. The ducks would eat the snails which spread the disease. While this painting is from Verboeckhoven's own hand, he also painted the animals for other landscapists. | Subjects: | animal (sheep ducks); landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Verboeckhoven, Eugène (Belgian painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1799-1881) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8840... | Go to resource |
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