Four Cows by the Water's Edge with a Boy in a Boat
manner of Paulus Potter (Enkhuizen 1625 – Amsterdam 1654)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
457 x 508 mm (18 x 20 in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151332
Summary
Oil painting. An oil painting on canvas of Four Cows by the Water's Edge with a Boy in a Boat, manner of Paulus Potter (Enkhuizen 1625 – Amsterdam 1654), bears false signature, a 19th century pastiche.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905 – 1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973
Credit line
Erddig, The Yorke Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Bears signature, on fence at right: P. Potter 166(?) [NB Courtauld said 1643; since cleaning, too abraded to tell]
Makers and roles
manner of Paulus Potter (Enkhuizen 1625 – Amsterdam 1654) , artist