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Study of a lying cow
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Study of a lying cow

Medium

Black chalk; framing line in pen and brown ink, by a later hand

Tags

Dimensions

Sheet: 2 9/16 × 2 15/16 in. (6.5 × 7.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Paul W. L. Russell, 2013

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Paulus Potter

1625–1654Dutch Republic

Famous for his naturalistic cabinet paintings of livestock and farm scenes; his best known work is the monumental painting "The Bull" of 1647. Comment on works: Landscapes; Animals.