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Oil on panel Netherlands/Belgium, 1843 Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (1821-1909) - Dutch animal painter Signed and dated lower right 'Henriette Knip. 1843.' Beautiful gilded stucco frame Overall dimensions, framed: 57 x 64.5 cm Good condition Provenance: Private collection, North Germany The artist is well-known for her depictions of dogs and cats in lofty surroundings; the extremely rare landscape paintings of her early period are however increasingly popular with collectors and already fetch up to 14,000 Euros at international auctions The present painting is an early work of the famous animal painter Henriėtte Ronner-Knip and was executed in 1843. At this time the painter was still focused on classical landscape and animal painting, in which she had been introduced by her famous father Joseph August Knip. The work offered here is an exceptionally harmonious and finely painted composition of two farmers with their animals in a dramatically illuminated landscape with storm clouds in the background. Henriėtte Ronner-Knip later specialized in the depiction of dogs and especially cats in luxurious interiors which are especially well-known today. Her early works are however offered much rarer in the trade and therefore may be even more appealing for the lover of her works. The painting appears to have had recent intervention and is well presented. It is signed and dated lower right 'Henriette Knip. 1843.'. There are fine marks with tiny losses of paint, where the frame has rubbed. Inspection under UV light reveals a horizontal line of retouching in the upper part of the picture and further retouching in areas of the animals. The gilded stucco frame is in very good condition and measures 57 x 64.5 cm. The size of the panel is 38 x 47.5 cm. Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (1821-1909) Henriėtte Ronner-Knip, daughter of the Dutch painter Joseph August Knip (1777-1847), was born in Amsterdam and trained by her famous father. Her early works are therefore inspired by his genre of landscape and animal painting, whereas she also processed the impressions of their longer stays in Paris in Rome. In 1838, Henriėtte Ronner-Knip already recorded her first exhibitions in The Hague, Amsterdam and Dusseldorf. After her father's death, she married Feico Ronner (1819-1883) in 1850 and went with him to Brussels. Here, she specialized in depictions of cats and dogs in tasteful domestic environments - subjects that were of enormous appeal to the wealthy bourgeois of Brussels. Ronner-Knip exhibited widely in Brussels, Amsterdam, The Hague and abroad, mostly however in France and England. She was awarded with several prizes and her charming works of dogs and cats can be found throughout museums such as in Amsterdam, Dordrecht and Avignon. Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.