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$ 336.) + 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
“ this is to let you know that the book has arrived in excellent shape, and that I am delighted to have it ”
(Mr. P. M., April 30, 2003)