ID 793290
Lot 237 | PAULUS POTTER (1625-1654)
Estimate value
£ 2 500 – 3 500
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.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 12, 10, 13 and 14 (copy)
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Applied technique: | Etching |
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Art style: | Old Masters |
Applied technique: | Etching |
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Art style: | Old Masters |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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