Girl Herding Goats
Matthijs Maris (1839 - 1917), 1875
oil on canvas, 65.1 cm x 101.4 cm
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
- Object number
- s0412M1990
- Dimensions
- 65.1 cm x 101.4 cm, 101.5 cm x 136.5 cm, 17 cm
- Provenance
- Robert Ramsey, Glasgow, 1886; after his death in 1917, purchased by John Reid, Glasgow for GBP 5.000; after his death on 25 January 1933, bequeathed to his heirs; consigned by the heirs of John Reid to auction London, Christie's (19th Century Pictures and Continental Watercolours), lot 479 (A Girl with Goats), unsold, 30 March 1990; purchased by the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 4 April 1990, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
- artist
- Matthijs Maris
- Credits
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Matthijs Maris, 6 October 2017-7 January 2018
Assen, Drents Museum, The Glasgow boys. Schots impressionisme (1880-1900), 20 September 2015-7 February 2016, no. geen catnr. / no cat. no.
The Hague, Museum Mesdag, Vluchten in schoonheid. De prerafaƫlieten en Nederlandse kunstenaars rond 1900, 13 February-18 May 2008
Laren, Singer Museum, Maris : een kunstenaarsfamilie, 13 January-10 March 1991, no. 59
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Matthijs Maris, 5 October 1974-6 January 1975, no. 94
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Meesters van de Haagse School, 18 June-15 August 1965, no. 66
Aberdeen, Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, Paintings from North-East Homes, 1951, no. 73
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Maris. Tentoonstelling, 22 December 1935-2 February 1936, no. 191
London, The French Gallery, Matthew Maris, November 1917-January 1918, no. 14
London, The French Gallery, Exhibition at the French Gallery of selected works by Joseph Israƫls, Matthew Maris, Henri Harpignies, Leon Lhermitte, 1909, no. 13
Glasgow, International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry, 1888, no. 653
Edinburgh, International Exhibition of Science, Industry and Art, 1886, no. 1059
Bionda, Richard W.A., Matthijs Maris, Amsterdam, 2017, p. 187, 190-191, 207, 215
Lindenhovius, Willemijn, Billcliffe, R., Fowle, F., Veldink, Suzanne, The Glasgow boys : Schots impressionisme 1880-1900, Zwolle, 2015, p. 47, 111, 132, 170-171
Veldink, Suzanne, 'Be-marised or bemused!' R.T. Hamilton Bruce and the international exhibition of 1886, p. 53
Leeuw, Ronald de, Van Gogh Museum, Zwolle, 1997, p. 282
Bodt, Saskia de, Leeman, Fred, Leeuw, Ronald de, Pennock, Hanna, Museum Mesdag : catalogue of paintings and drawings, Zwolle, 1996, p. 276-277
Leeuw, Ronald de, Tilborgh, Louis van, Esner, Rachel, Becker, Edwin, Heugten, Sjraar van, Leeman, Fred, Vriend, Anita, Van Gogh Museum Journal 1995, Amsterdam, 1995, p. 192-193
Leeuw, Ronald de, The Van Gogh Museum : paintings and pastels, Zwolle, 1994, p. 43
Leeuw, Ronald de, Van Gogh Museum : schilderijen en pastels, Zwolle, 1993, p. 43
Van Gogh Museum : jaarverslag 1990, Amsterdam, 1992, p. 19-20
Leeuw, Ronald de, Aanwinsten/Acquisitions, Zwolle, 1991, p. 9, 20-21, 71
Raad, J. de, Zadelhoff, T. van, Maris : een kunstenaarsfamilie, Zwolle, 1991, p. 121
19th century pictures and continental watercolours, London, 1990, p. 110-111
Gelder, H.E. van, Knuttel, G., Maris tentoonstelling, 's-Gravenhage, 1935, p. 71
Fridlander, E.D., Lessore, F., Thomson, D. Croal, Matthew Maris : an illustrated souvenir, London, 1917, p. 16, 137
Gruyter, W.J. de, Wijsenbeek, L.J.F., Meesters van de Haagse School, p. 15, 66

