Potter, Paulus (Enkhuizen 1625 – Amsterdam 1654). A Group of Horned Cattle with the Pissing Cow. Three cattle and a sheep besides a mill at the horizon. Etching with rich aquatint by Johann Heinrich Tischbein II (Haina, Hesse, 1742 – Cassel 1808). (1787.) 19.3 x 27.3 cm.

Nagler, Tischbein, 24. – Plate 1 of the 1827 Tischbein set Nagler 45 as a compilation mounted in points of throughout old till earlier impressions. – Trimmed within the white platemark. With ignorable slight water stains in the upper right. – From the collection of the legendary railway king Dr. Strousberg, Berlin. – Sujet

“ from  the  famous  painting … at  Cassel … (called)  the  Pissing  Cow “,

so Nagler, accountuing it together with the pendant of the Group of Horses of the same picture (14,898)

to  the  most  exquisite  sheets  by  Tischbein .

The latter, court painter of the Landgrave of Hesse, was inspector of the Cassel gallery, most famous for the splendid collection of Dutch paintings.
Offer no. 14,897 / EUR  240. (c. US$ 387.) + shipping

Please see Johann Heinrich Tischbein’s
collection of 170 etchings & aquatints after drawings
as showcase copy in the red leather binding of the ridinger gallery niemeyer

„ Just received the James Figg item safely today. I have a couple questions. Art in general is new to me so I‘m asking you to educate me on this item … First of all I‘m happy with the item, just trying to understand it better … Thanks again “

(Mr. A. C., March 27, 2008)