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Three Studies of a Cow

DrawingsDutch17th century

Three Studies of a Cow

c. 1650

Artists

Jan van GoyenArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in black chalk

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

9.6 x 15.6 cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Andrew Geddes, A.R.A., London; his sale [Christie and Manson, London, 8 April 1845, lot 361?]. Possibly on loan; to Mauritshuis, The Hague. Mr. Johnson Neale. T. Mark Hovell, London, 1918. [Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1981, lot 124], sold; to [P. & D. Colnaghi, London]. A.W.M. Mensing, Amsterdam, his sale; [Frederick Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 29 April 1937, lot 218], sold; to Otto Hirschman, sold; to A. Mayer, The Hague and New York. van Dieman-Lilienfeld Gallery, 1957, sold; to Marian Harris Phinney, 1960, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962.

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