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Two Bulls Locking Horns

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: 5 1/16 × 6 5/16 inches (12.86 × 16.03 cm)
Sheet: 5 7/16 × 6 5/8 inches (13.81 × 16.83 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the Print Deaccession Fund
Object numberF96-30/7
Signedl.r.c., r.m.: "8"
MarkingsWatermark: Arms of Amsterdam and D. Delmas/ Fin
Edition/State/ProofIV/V
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionAnimal in 3/4 profile lowers head to engage horns of second animal. Animal at right seen from rear. Bird overhead. Single-line border, all sides.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.

Published References

[No known references at this time]

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