Willem Hendrik van der Nat (1864–1929) - Schapen in stal






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Schapen in stal is a 19th‑century oil painting by Willem Hendrik van der Nat, Nederlandse origin, unsigned and hand‑signed, depicting animals in the wild, measuring 92 cm x 125 cm with frame (67 cm x 100 cm without frame), and presented in an exclusive gilt frame by Gehring.
Description from the seller
This large oil painting is a beautiful example of how Willem van der Nat plays with depicting sheep — one of his favorite subjects. He is a true master at rendering their woolly coats. Van der Nat plays with the light that falls through the white wool and creates a lively variation by also including sheep in different colors.
Dimensions: 67 cm x 100 cm
Dimensions with frame: 92 cm x 125 cm
The work is signed at the bottom right.
The work is in an exclusive frame, finished with gold leaf by Gehring.
Willem Hendrik van der Nat (Leiden, 1864–1929) was a versatile artist: painter, draftsman, watercolorist, sculptor, etcher, illustrator, and lithographer. He received his first drawing lessons at a young age and later studied in The Hague and Leiden, where he became friends with artist Floris Verster and art critic H.P. Bremmer.
Initially, Van der Nat worked as an illustrator and lithographer, but around 1900 he fully dedicated himself to painting. His style evolved from the influence of the Hague School to a more expressive, colorful approach, partly inspired by Van Gogh and Millet. He gained fame with his paintings of sheep and goats, often created during his stays in Drenthe, but he also painted still lifes, landscapes, and Spanish scenes.
Van der Nat was a co-founder of the Leiden artists' association De Kunst om De Kunst and is considered part of the core of the so-called Leiden Impressionists—a group of painters distinguished by their loose brushwork and vibrant use of color. They painted in and around the city of Leiden. The movement is related to the Hague School. A biography has been written by Willem L. Baars (not included with artwork purchase). His work is represented in the collections of several museums, such as the Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden and the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterloo.
A viewing is of course possible.
Seller's Story
This large oil painting is a beautiful example of how Willem van der Nat plays with depicting sheep — one of his favorite subjects. He is a true master at rendering their woolly coats. Van der Nat plays with the light that falls through the white wool and creates a lively variation by also including sheep in different colors.
Dimensions: 67 cm x 100 cm
Dimensions with frame: 92 cm x 125 cm
The work is signed at the bottom right.
The work is in an exclusive frame, finished with gold leaf by Gehring.
Willem Hendrik van der Nat (Leiden, 1864–1929) was a versatile artist: painter, draftsman, watercolorist, sculptor, etcher, illustrator, and lithographer. He received his first drawing lessons at a young age and later studied in The Hague and Leiden, where he became friends with artist Floris Verster and art critic H.P. Bremmer.
Initially, Van der Nat worked as an illustrator and lithographer, but around 1900 he fully dedicated himself to painting. His style evolved from the influence of the Hague School to a more expressive, colorful approach, partly inspired by Van Gogh and Millet. He gained fame with his paintings of sheep and goats, often created during his stays in Drenthe, but he also painted still lifes, landscapes, and Spanish scenes.
Van der Nat was a co-founder of the Leiden artists' association De Kunst om De Kunst and is considered part of the core of the so-called Leiden Impressionists—a group of painters distinguished by their loose brushwork and vibrant use of color. They painted in and around the city of Leiden. The movement is related to the Hague School. A biography has been written by Willem L. Baars (not included with artwork purchase). His work is represented in the collections of several museums, such as the Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden and the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterloo.
A viewing is of course possible.
