Mari ten Kate
(The Hague 1831 - 1910 Driebergen-Rijsenburg)
“The children’s picnic”
oil on canvas: 86 x 129 cm
signed ‘M. ten Kate.’ (lower right)
Painted in or before 1879.
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Notes
Mari Ten Kate studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and also received instruction from his older brother, the historical genre painter Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate. He worked in Amsterdam between 1850 and 1871 and also spent short periods in England, France and Italy. In 1883 he travelled to Indonesia with a letter of recommendation from King William III where he made a number of locally inspired genre scenes. Ten Kate’s name was nevertheless well known to the Victorian art world and he found a ready market for his pictures amongst British collectors. His compositions also became widely accessible through engraved reproduction.
An engraving after this painting was reproduced in the magazine ‘Eigen Haard, geïllustreerd volkstijdschrift’, 1879, no. 30, titled: ‘Kleine stroopers’ (little poachers), ill. p. 303, with a description on p. 304. The reproduction was made after a photograph by Goupil & Cie.
Provenance
• Private collection, USA.
• With Kunsthandel Mark Smit, Ommen, 2002, cover of the summer exhibition catalog and ill. on p. 32, where acquired by the present owner.
• Venduehuis, Den Haag
• Private collection, The Netherlands