Author: Ignace-Joseph de Claussin (1766-1844) [?] after Paulus Potter (1625-1654)
Title: Antique print, etching | The Frisian horse, published ca. 1800, 1 p.
Description: A Frisian horse standing in a field, against a darkening sky. A church village in the distance on the right.Copy after one of the five etchings of the horses by Potter, probably by Ignace-Joseph de Claussin (1766-1844). These prints are to represent different seasonal stages, namely early spring, late spring, summer, fall and winter, and stages of life.Signed and dated at bottom right: Paulus Potter f. 1652.[NL] Een Fries paard staand in een landschap. Gemaakt door Ignace-Joseph de Claussin naar Paulus Potter. Etching on laid paper, cut within plate; total: 152 x 230 mm; some light rubbing due to handling, otherwise in fair condition. Mounted on cardboard and in cardboard passepartout. Copy of the third state. Hollstein 9 (copy).

Keywords: Allegories|Animals|Landscapes