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Object Type
print
Museum number
1997,0928.14.55
Title
Series:
Cattle
Description
Two cows, one standing and facing the viewer, and the other lying down; after Paulus Potter Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Robert Pricke
(attributed)
After:
Paulus Potter
Published by:
Robert Pricke
School/style
British
Dutch
Production date
1656
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
108 millimetres
Width:
147 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For information on the volume see 1997,0928.14.1 This series of seven etchings of cattle are reverse copies of Paulus Potter's series, Het Bullenboekje, published in 1650 by Frederick de Wit; see Sheepshanks albums, nos. 538-554
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(2.I)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(I.42.2)
(copy in reverse)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
mammal
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Maggs Bros
Funder name
Funded by:
Arcana Foundation
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Rev Carey Hampton Borrer
Acquisition date
1997
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1997,0928.14.55