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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25842
People
Joannes Jacobus Bylaert, Dutch (Rotterdam 1734 - 1809 Leiden)
Title
The Pissing Horse, with Two Hunters and Their Dogs
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Beschryving van eene Plaet-tekening naer Philip Wouverman (Description of a Printed Drawing after Philip Wouverman)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1776
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/93327

Physical Descriptions

Medium
So-called Punktierstich, an intaglio stipple claimed as the artist's invention
Technique
Intaglio print
Dimensions
sheet: 13.8 x 20 cm (5 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: J. J. Bylaert sculpt. [on mount]
  • inscription: lower right corner of design, printer's ink, etched or engraved, signed: P W [in script; the monogram of the artist of the original composition]
  • inscription: yes, lower right below the decorated border of the mounting, brown ink, hand written, signed, in artist's hand: J. J. Bylaert sculpst
  • inscription: yes, verso, gray ink, hand written, Dutch, signed, in artist's hand: door J. J. By[with an umlaut]laert, in 't koper gewerkt, / naer Philip Wouwerman. 1776.
  • inscription: yes, mounting, behind lower right corner of the print, brown ink, hand written, German, signed: In der 31st. Rosse[?] Auction[?] erstanden / für [-?-] C / Confiderirt für [-?-] C,, _ / J. Boerner 1814. // 472. [previous owner's description]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
J. A. Boerner, (269 or 270), 1814. owner's life dates: 1785-1862

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
M25842
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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