ATTRIBUTED TO PAULUS POTTER (ENKHUIZEN 1625-1654 AMSTERDAM)
Lot 45

ATTRIBUTED TO PAULUS POTTER (ENKHUIZEN 1625-1654 AMSTERDAM)

The milkmaid

Closed20 October 2020

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ATTRIBUTED TO PAULUS POTTER (ENKHUIZEN 1625-1654 AMSTERDAM)
The milkmaid
signed 'Paulus. / Potter. f.' (lower right)
oil on panel
11 ¼ x 10 7/8 in. (28.5 x 27 cm.)

(Possibly) William III, Prince of Orange, and later King of England (1650-1702), and by inheritance at The Hague, until transferred in the late-18th century to
(Probably) Nationale Kunst-Galerij, Huis ten Bosch, The Hague, until transferred in the early-19th century to
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, until sold by
Directors of the Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam; C.S. Roos, Amsterdam, 4 August 1828, lot 105 (f 900), where acquired by
Thomas Emmerson, Stratford Place, London; his sale, Phillip’s, London, 1-2 May 1829, lot 119 (106 gns.).
Colonel Bire, Brussels (via his agent M. Heris); Bonnefons de Lavialle, Paris, 25 March 1841, lot 31 (3,600 FF).
Edwin H. Lawrence, F.S.A; Christie’s, London, 6 May 1892, lot 371 (10 gns.), where acquired by
Hubert George de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde (1832-1916), by whom bequeathed to his great-nephew
Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), and by descent at Harewood House.

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