signed Jaecb jan c s (lower right)Jacob Jan van der Maatenacob Jan van der Maaten (1820 – 1879) was a Dutch painter and etcher. Van der Maaten was a pupil of Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen and studied at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. In 1852 he became a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam. Later, Van der Maaten became teacher at the so-called King’s School in Apeldoorn Van der Maaten was a landscape painter who captured summer landscapes in bright colors (much green and manganese blue), usually with some figures and cattle. He worked in The Hague (1843–1852), Amsterdam (1854–1855), The Hague (1857–1864) and in Apeldoorn (until 1879).The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Groninger Museum, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam,[4] CODA Museum Apeldoorn and Museum Elburg have paintings of Van der Maaten.60*90cm.oil on canvas.Provenance :Private Collection,France