Grazing Cow in Profile to the Right

Paulus Potter, c. 1638 - c. 1650

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1887-A-1381
  • Dimensionsheight 84 mm x width 142 mm
  • Physical characteristicsblack chalk, over traces of graphite; framing line in black ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Grazing Cow in Profile to the Right

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1887-A-1381

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Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Paulus Potter

  • Dating

    c. 1638 - c. 1650

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    black chalk, over traces of graphite; framing line in black ink

  • Dimensions

    height 84 mm x width 142 mm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Jacob de Vos (1735-1833), Amsterdam;{According to the catalogue for the sale, Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1803-78, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (C.F. Roos et al.), 22 May 1883 _sqq_., no. 352.} his sale, Amsterdam (J. de Vries et al.), 30 October 1833 _sqq_., Album V, no. 1 (‘_Eene grazende Koe. Met zwart krijt, door P. Potter_’), fl. 60, to the dealer J. de Vries for Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1803-78), Amsterdam (L. 1450);{Copy RKD.} his widow, Abrahamina Henrietta de Vos-Wurfbain (1808-83), Amsterdam; his sale, Amsterdam (C.F. Roos et al.), 22 May 1883 _sqq_., no. 352, fl. 100, to Georg Carl Valentin Schöffer for the Vereniging Rembrandt (L. 2135);{Copy RKD; note RMA.} from whom, through the mediation of the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken, to the museum (L. 2228), 1887

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