Potter, Paulus (Enkhuizen 1625 – Amsterdam 1654). A Group of Horses with a Peasant and his dog. Four animals, one of which resting. At the horizon steeple. Etching with rich aquatint by Johann Heinrich Tischbein II (Haina, Hesse, 1742 – Cassel 1808). (1787.) 19.7 x 25.4 cm.
Nagler, Tischbein, maybe 30. – Plate 2 of the 1827 Tischbein set Nagler 45 as a compilation mounted in points of throughout old till earlier impressions. – Trimmed on platemark. – 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 Horned Cattle of the picture (14,897)
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. 14,898 / EUR 240. (c. US$ 333.) + 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
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