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Die Heimkehr der Herde

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The Return of the Herd
Date1844

Künstler*in Michael Neder (1807 Wien – 1882 Wien)

ULAN

Object typePainting
MediumOil on wood
Dimensions
41,5 × 52 cm
SignatureSign. und dat. unten rechts: Neder / 1844
Inventory number3664
Locations Belvedere, Upper Belvedere, 1. Floor (west), Room SW1
Cattle, pigs, and a goat are being herded into a stable. The shepherd boy has raised his stick as if to greet the female farmer, standing in the doorway but looking in the other direction. Individual elements do not seem connected. With the exception of the two cows in front of the stable door, Neder shows the herd in a composition of strict parallels. An impression of space is conveyed solely by this staggered arrangement of the animals. The depiction’s naivete is both alienating and entrancing. Whether this was intentional or the result of inability is unknown. But it is clear that Neder refrained from using sophisticated perspective or the moralizing tone that many of his fellow painters adopted in their pictures.

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Sammlung Julius Reich, Wien.
1922 Kunsthandlung C. J. Wawra, Wien
1939 Tausch mit Kunsthandlung Welz, Wien

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