The Cowherd

1643 (printed 1868?)

Paulus Potter

Artist, Dutch, 1625 - 1654

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.1 × 20.2 cm (7 1/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 21 × 25.5 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.19.36

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein no. 14, State vii/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

A. Thompson Ellwanger III and Gregory E. Mescha, Baltimore; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge: no. 14, vii/vii

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Paulus Potter In et f. 1649; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite :The Herdsman

Watermarks

HALLINES

Wikidata ID

Q76355076

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