Grazing Cow

Artist Marcus de Bye (Dutch, 1639 - ca.1690)

Artist After Paulus Potter (Dutch, 1625 - 1654)

Publisher Nicolas Visscher (Dutch, 1618 - 1709)

Dateca. 1655-1656

MediumEtching on paper

DimensionsImage: 4 7/8 × 6 5/16 inches (12.38 × 16.03 cm)
Sheet: 5 5/16 × 6 5/8 inches (13.49 × 16.83 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the Print Deaccession Fund

Object numberF96-30/6

Signedl.r.c., r.m.: "7"

MarkingsWatermark: Arms of Amsterdam

Edition/State/ProofIV/V

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DescriptionHorned animal facing left, head lowered to eat plants. Clouds are depicted in upper left corner. A single-line border adorns all edges of sheet. Collector's mark W.S. in reddish brown ink on verso.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

[No known exhibitions at this time]

Provenance

With Jan Johnson, Old Master and Modern Prints, Inc., Montreal, QC, by September 16, 1996;

Purchased from Jan Johnson, Old Master and Modern Prints, Inc., by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1996.

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