A wolf on the prowl. Etching after P. Potter, 1659.

  • Potter, Paulus, 1625-1654.
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1659
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39944i
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A wolf on the prowl. Etching after P. Potter, 1659. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1659

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1 print : etching ; 12.6 x 18.1 cm

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References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Würzburg 1920-1922, vol. I, M. De Bye no. 35 ("Un loup debout, avec la tête de face, et le corps de trois quarts, dirigé vers la droite") or no. 36 (similar)

Notes

Related to an etching by Marcus de Bye after Paulus Potter, which shows the same composition in the reverse direction, i.e. with the wolf's head on the viewer's right. The print by de Bye is the third in a suite of eight prints which have a title-print bearing the date 1659

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Wellcome Collection 39944i

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