PrintsGerman18th and 19th centuries

A Bull and Two Cows, with a Herdsman a Woman and a Dog

c. 1798

Artists

Carl Wilhelm KolbeArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching on cream wove paper

Culture

German

Century

18th and 19th centuries

Division

European and American Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

image: 19.6 × 27.8 cm (7 11/16 × 10 15/16 in.) plate: 20.7 × 28.1 cm (8 1/8 × 11 1/16 in.) sheet: 30.6 × 46.4 cm (12 1/16 × 18 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Dorette Hildebrand-Staab, Konstanz, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

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