Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803 Middelburg - 1862 Kleve) Mountainous landscape with goats on the banks of a river View of a river flanked by large, tree-covered rocks. Impressive, finely painted, romantic landscape from Koekkoek's mature oeuvre with accentuated lighting and atmospheric depiction of the sky. The painter initially learnt from his father Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek and later studied at the Academy in Amsterdam. The artist, who received many awards from 1829 onwards, is considered one of the most important Dutch landscape painters of the 19th century; Koekkoek travelled to the Harz Mountains, Luxembourg and Italy, among other places. In 1834 he settled in Kleve on the Lower Rhine, where he founded his own academy for landscape painting in 1841. Oil on canvas, coloured; signed and dated on the lower left. 1856; old paint seal with monogr. verso on stretcher; 38 cm x 46 cm. Frame. Oil on canvas, relined. Signed and dated 1856. Old wax seal with monogram on the reverse of the canvas stretcher.