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Imposter with the 'Micturating Cow' by Paulus Potter
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Imposter with the 'Micturating Cow' by Paulus Potter

D.F. Robart · 1764 - 1800 · pen; brush; paper; paint (coating); ink

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Peasant trickery or trompe-l'oeil consisting of seventeen sheets with as background a wallpaper of red squares and yellow leaves. In the middle a print of a smoking man. Left the print 'Pissing Cow' by Paulus Potter. Around it title pages, various landscape prints, a map and a print of a lute player. Around that sheets with among others landscapes, a sea view, a colored map with among others China, Borneo and Japan. Four title pages, including an example of the 'Dutch Yearbooks', the 'New and Amusing Amusement Booklet' and an Almanach (...) 176?. Subject categories within the Atlas of Manners and Customs: Fine Arts, Deceivers.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSchijnbedrieger met de Pissende koe van Paulus Potter. 1764 - 1800. D.F. Robart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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