Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
FOLLOWER OF PAULUS PIETERSZ. POTTER, 18TH CENTURY | WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A CARRIAGE, FIGURES, AND SHEEP IN A FIELD
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May 29, 07:12 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
FOLLOWER OF PAULUS PIETERSZ. POTTER, 18TH CENTURY
WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A CARRIAGE, FIGURES, AND SHEEP IN A FIELD
bears signature and date lower right: Paulus Potter f 1643
oil on canvas
canvas: 21½ by 23 in.; 54.6 by 58.4 cm.
framed: 29 by 30 in.; 73.7 by 76.2 cm.
Anonymous sale ('Property of a Private Collector'), New York, Sotheby’s, 5 June 1986, lot 47 (as Paulus Potter);
There acquired by the present collector.
This painting was executed by an anonymous 18th Century follower of Paulus Potter. The grass and dirt in the foreground recall Potter's 1651 painting in the National Gallery, London (inv. no. NG849).