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Paulus Potter, Dutch

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WA-00047710

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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (13)

Two Horses

1652 · etching

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Bull

1650 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 10.8 × 14.7 cm (4 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.); Sheet: 11.5 × 15.2 cm (4 9/16 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Cow Standing and Another Lying Down, from Various Oxen and Cows

1650 · Etching, with drypoint, on paper

Sheet (trimmed): 10.2 × 14 cm (4 1/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Cow Lying Down near a Fence, from Various Oxen and Cows

1650 · Etching on paper

Sheet (trimmed): 10.2 × 13.9 cm (4 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cowherd driving three horned cattle before him; below, in the foreground, a recumbent steer and a standing steer, marsh and trees beyond

1649 · Etching

plate: 7 1/8 x 7 15/16 in. (18.1 x 20.1 cm) sheet: 9 15/16 x 11 5/16 in. (25.2 x 28.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow

1647 · Oil on panel

49.5 × 37.2 cm (19 1/2 × 14 3/4 in.); Framed: 70.2 × 58.1 × 4.5 cm (27 5/8 × 22 7/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cow Lying Beside a Tree, plate 7 from Eight Bulls and Cows

1645 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 10 × 13.8 cm (3 15/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 10.5 × 14.4 cm (4 3/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Bulls Fighting

1645 · Etching on ivory paper

Sheet: 10.5 × 14.1 cm (4 3/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study of a lying cow

1645 · Black chalk; framing line in pen and brown ink, by a later hand

Sheet: 2 9/16 × 2 15/16 in. (6.5 × 7.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Shepherd

1644 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cowherd

1644 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Shepherd

1639 · Etching on ivory laid paper

18.1 × 26.8 cm (7 3/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The cow lying down near a tree

etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

13 published of 13 catalogued · 13 with image

Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published3 img
The Met
2 published2 img
Smithsonian
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

The Shepherd
1644 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The cow lying down near a tree
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Cowherd
1644 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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