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Horse drinking: 363*

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Horse drinking

Maker(s)

Painter: Verbeeck, Pieter Cornelisz.

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Possibly coll. Edward King (d. 1807), through his widow Susanna (d. 1820) to Anne Windsor, Countess of Plymouth (d. 1850), bequeathed to A.A. VanSittart

Measurements and weight

Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 18.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1864) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur

Note

Formerly catalogued as 'attributed to Potter'.

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on panel

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: P PL (false) (traces of the original signature, which was prbably PVB in a monogram, can be seen beneath the false one)
  • Location: Lower left
  • Type: Initials

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 363*
Primary reference Number: 2106

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 1 November 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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