Stunning oil on canvas by Belgium's leading 19th century animal painters - Henry Schouten. The painting shows a group of cattle drinking by a lake.
The canvas is in excellent condition and is mounted in a quality wooden moulded frame of the period. It would benefit from a light clean which can be arranged before collection/delivery

Henry Schouten showed early talent s a painter and enrolled at the Brussels academy in 1876. He studied under the great animal painter Alfred Verwee. As an artist he rarely found it necessary to exhibit due to the popularity and demand for his paintings. However, he did participate in a major exhibition in Brussels in 1882.

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