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| Title | A Dutch Landscape | |
| Collection | Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums | |
| Artist | Mollinger, Gerrit Alexander Godart Filip (Dutch painter, 1836-1867) | |
| Date | 1862 (dated) | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | In the foreground of this landscape painting are three peasants ploughing a field. Visible in the left background are cottage roofs, some with smoking chimneys. The first owner, Professor Geddes was the Principal of Aberdeen University and the brother-in-law of John Forbes White, the noted collector and patron of Mollinger who, following the artist's death, returned to Aberdeen with several of Mollinger's works, which he then sold to friends and family. | |
| Current Accession Number | ABDAG004484 | |
| Former Accession Number | 34.4.1 | |
| Inscription | front ll '1862 A. Mollinger' | |
| Subject | landscape (Holland); figure | |
| Measurements | 70.6 x 110.6 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Professor John Harrower 1934. | |
| Provenance | Purchased from the sale of the contents of Mollinger's studio on his death by Professor Geddes; by descent to his son-in-law Professor John Harrower. | |
| Rights Owner | Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums | |
| Author | Jennifer Melville | |