Sheep in Canterbury Meadows, Kent

Medium: Oil on panel

Provenance: Signed, inscribed verso

Dated: 1863

Image Dimensions: 13½" x 17½" (34.3cm x 44.5cm)

Price: £7,500.00

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Sheep in Canterbury Meadows, Kent (1863) exemplifies Thomas Sidney Cooper’s masterful technique, combining precise oil work, a walnut oil medium, and contrasting textures. The piece showcases Cooper’s signature style—a low, monumental viewpoint with highly detailed foreground animals against a broad, atmospherically rendered sky. The artwork utilizes delicate, layered glazes and a soft-focus technique to create a warm, golden haze over the landscape, contrasting the hazy, distant meadows with the crisp, detailed textures of the sheep in the foreground.