Robbert Jan F. Donker Cow (1976)

In the 1976s, artist Robbert Jan F. Donker was commissioned to make a sculpture in stone as part of the Visual Arts Regulation (BKR). In the fall of XNUMX he made this in about three months Experiences with hammer and chisel. The Experiences still stands on the meadow on the Kromhoutstraat, a spot chosen by the artist. The statue is a reminder of the XNUMXs, when 'Het Lage Land' was populated by cows. Due to abuse, the Experiences ears and horns are regularly kept, which are then kept by observant local residents. The Experiences has been restored a number of times, the last time in 2000. On that occasion, Donker worked the surface of the cow's skin with a bush hammer to give the skin a relief. According to Donker, the cow is of the breed 'une blonde de Aquitaine'. As the name suggests, this breed originated in the southwestern French region of Aquitaine.