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Two Plough Horses
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PAULUS POTTER (1625-1654)
Two Plough Horses
etching, 1652, on laid paper, watermark Fool’s Cap with five-pointed Collar, a fine impression of the third, final state, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline, in very good condition; together with The Neighing Horse by the same hand, etching, 1652, on laid paper, with an indistinct countermark, a very good impression of the second, final state; and The worn-out Horse by the same hand, etching, 1652, on laid paper, countermark l.d., a very good impression; and an anonymous, contemporary copy of The Cowherd after Paulus Potter, etching, after 1649, on laid paper, watermark Fool’s Cap with five-pointed Collar, a very good impression, all in good condition
Sheet 153 x 234 mm. (B. 12)
Sheet 157 x 239 mm. (B. 10)
Sheet 157 x 235 mm. (B. 13)
Plate 182 x 201 mm., Sheet 195 x 209 mm. (B. 14 copy)
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Two Plough Horses
etching, 1652, on laid paper, watermark Fool’s Cap with five-pointed Collar, a fine impression of the third, final state, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline, in very good condition; together with The Neighing Horse by the same hand, etching, 1652, on laid paper, with an indistinct countermark, a very good impression of the second, final state; and The worn-out Horse by the same hand, etching, 1652, on laid paper, countermark l.d., a very good impression; and an anonymous, contemporary copy of The Cowherd after Paulus Potter, etching, after 1649, on laid paper, watermark Fool’s Cap with five-pointed Collar, a very good impression, all in good condition
Sheet 153 x 234 mm. (B. 12)
Sheet 157 x 239 mm. (B. 10)
Sheet 157 x 235 mm. (B. 13)
Plate 182 x 201 mm., Sheet 195 x 209 mm. (B. 14 copy)
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Provenance
B. 12:
Dr August Sträter (1810-1897), Aachen (Lugt 787); his posthumous sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 10-14 May 1898, lot 634 (Mk. 71; to Rosenberg).
Julius Rosenberg (1845-1900), Copenhagen (Lugt 1519; with an unrecorded variant of his stamp); acquired at the above sale; his posthumous sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 1-2 May 1901, lot 133 ('Superber Abdruck auf Schellenkappenpapier. Aus der Sammlung Straeter. Selten.').
B. 10 & 13:
James Reiss (1812-1899), Manchester, London (Lugt 1522); probably his posthumous sale, Christie's, London, 6-10 May 1901, lot 377 (as part of the set of five) (£16; to Danlos).
B. 10:
Unidentified, small black flower stamp verso (not in Lugt).
All:
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Dr August Sträter (1810-1897), Aachen (Lugt 787); his posthumous sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 10-14 May 1898, lot 634 (Mk. 71; to Rosenberg).
Julius Rosenberg (1845-1900), Copenhagen (Lugt 1519; with an unrecorded variant of his stamp); acquired at the above sale; his posthumous sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 1-2 May 1901, lot 133 ('Superber Abdruck auf Schellenkappenpapier. Aus der Sammlung Straeter. Selten.').
B. 10 & 13:
James Reiss (1812-1899), Manchester, London (Lugt 1522); probably his posthumous sale, Christie's, London, 6-10 May 1901, lot 377 (as part of the set of five) (£16; to Danlos).
B. 10:
Unidentified, small black flower stamp verso (not in Lugt).
All:
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 12, 10, 13 and 14 (copy)
Special Notice
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