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Sheep

Sheep

Artist: Anton Braith (German, 1836 - 1905)

Date: 1868
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Framed: 42 1/8 x 58 7/8 x 3 3/16 in. (107 x 149.5 x 8.1 cm)
Canvas: 28 3/4 x 45 1/4 in. (73 x 114.9 cm)
Credit Line:Gift, In memory of Thos. De Quartel Richardson and Agnes Richardson, by their children
Object number: 1935.206.1
Braith was a member of the Munich School of painters in Germany and specialized in animal subjects such as this example. He grew up the son of a farm laborer and himself helped herd cattle. His large-scale paintings became widely popular because they evoked a sense of nostalgia in an rapidly industrializing society in Germany.