Study of a Grazing Bull, Facing Left

attributed to Paulus Potter, c. 1645 - c. 1650

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1884-A-373
  • Dimensionsheight 65 mm x width 82 mm
  • Physical characteristicsblack chalk; traces of framing line in brown ink (left border)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Study of a Grazing Bull, Facing Left

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1884-A-373

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Creation

  • Creation

    • draftsman (artist): attributed to Paulus Potter
    • Karel du Jardin [rejected attribution]

  • Dating

    c. 1645 - c. 1650

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    black chalk; traces of framing line in brown ink (left border)

  • Dimensions

    height 65 mm x width 82 mm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1884

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1803-78), Amsterdam (L. 1450); his widow, Abrahamina Henrietta de Vos-Wurfbain (1808-83), Amsterdam; sale, Jacob de Vos Jbzn, Amsterdam (C.F. Roos et al.), 22 May 1883 _sqq_., no. 260, with 7 other drawings, fl. 171, to Georg Carl Valentin Schöffer, for the Vereniging Rembrandt;{Copy RKD; note RMA.} from whom acquired by the museum (L. 2227), 1884

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