Paulus Potter
Two Pigs in a Sty

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Artist Paulus Potter (Dutch, 1625–1654)Dutch, 1625–1654

CultureDutch

Titles

Two Pigs in a Sty

Date1649

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 12 3/4 × 17 3/4 in. (32.4 × 45.1 cm)
Frame: 18 3/4 × 24 × 2 3/4 in. (47.6 × 61 × 7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment

Object number2009.556

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

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PAINTING

Provenance[The Hague, Boucquet, Netherlands, 23 July 1743, lot 131, for 21 florins]; probably David Ietswart; [his sale, Amsterdam, Beukelaar v. d. Land, 22 April 1749, lot 45, for 14 florins to J. Carré]; the Landgraves of Hessen-Kassel, Kassel, 1783–1806; removed by Napoleon’s troops to Paris by 1806; Prince Jérome Napoleon, Paris, 1806; Captain James Aston Roberts West, Alscot Park, Warwickshire, 1950–1964; [his sale, London, Christie’s, 26 June 1964, lot 126, for 180 guineas to Dr. Hans Wetzlar, Amsterdam]; [Wetzlar sale, 9 June 1977, lot 55, for 48,000 florins, where brought back]; thence by descent; [Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 9 July 2008, lot 45]; purchased by MFAH with funds provided by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund, 2009.
Exhibition HistoryLaren, 1966, no. 44
Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, & Leeuwarden, Fries Museum, Meesterlijk vee. Nederlandse veeschilders 1600-1900, 25 September - 20 November 1988 & 3 December 1988 - 29 January 1989
The Hague, Mauritshuis, Paulus Potter, 8 November 1994 - 5 February 1995, no. 17

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated, upper left, "paulus potter f. 1649"

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