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Shepherdess, known as ‘Monumental Conception of Humanity’
Also titled De schaapherderin, bekend als ‘Monumental Conception of Humanity’
Matthijs Maris (The Hague, 1839–1917)
c. 1885 - c. 1898
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 9.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- J.H. van Meurs-Cohen van Straaten Bequest
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
This large painting of a shepherdess was for a staircase and meant to be seen from below. As for all of his conceptions, Maris wished to erase the traces of the production process. Here he worked with successive layers of pastose paint which he ‘pressed’ into the canvas, creating a matte surface with a rugged texture. He also had the frame made especially for this picture.
