Casimiro Sainz y Sainz (1853–1898), Attributed to - Huerta cántabra con caseríos y coles

Cantabrian orchard with farmhouses and cabbages.

Style: Naturalist Realism
Painting School: the Northern School / Spanish landscape painting of the last third of the 19th century

Technical sheet

Attributed to: Casimiro Sainz y Sainz (1853–1898)
Chronology: circa 1880–1895
Technique: Oil on canvas adhered to a board.
Measurements: 24.5 × 19.8 cm | 43 × 39 cm with frame
Provenance: Private collection from Cantabria, Reinosa.
Antique carved and gilded wooden frame, in historicist style, dating from the late 19th century, in good condition and of notable decorative quality.

2. Compositional and iconographic description

The work depicts a Cantabrian rural scene, with a vegetable garden in the foreground — highlighting cabbages and low vegetation — and a set of staggered farmhouses in the background. The composition is structured in successive planes, built through a loose but controlled brushstroke that models volumes without resorting to anecdotal detail.

The light is filtered, atmospheric, with a palette of greens, ochres, and wet earth tones that reinforce the sense of a northern climate and rural life.

3. Attribution, Style, and Context

The attribution to Casimiro Sainz is supported by several solid elements: the intimate format, the vibrant pictorial material, the thick but sensitive brushwork, and a clear affinity with his small-format landscape production, focused on rural environments in the north.

The work dialogues with Spanish naturalist realism, close to Carlos de Haes and Aureliano de Beruete, and also connects with European sensibilities akin to Corot or Daubigny. The Cantabrian provenance reinforces the historical and geographical coherence of the attribution.