Live Auction 3054The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part IV
Attributed to Simon Jansz. de Vlieger (Rotterdam 1600/01-1653 Weesp)
Lot 192

Attributed to Simon Jansz. de Vlieger (Rotterdam 1600/01-1653 Weesp)

Three studies of a recumbent pig

Closed13 May 2015

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EUR 2,375

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Attributed to Simon Jansz. de Vlieger (Rotterdam 1600/01-1653 Weesp)
Three studies of a recumbent pig
black chalk, touches of white chalk, on buff paper, black chalk framing lines
12.2 x 20.1 cm.

Unidentified collector's mark 'PB' (L. 4649).
Prince Wladimir Nikolaevich Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff (1874-1941); from whom purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena in January 1927 for 40 guilders (Inventory book: '258. t. P. Potter zwijnen').

Specialist note

I.Q. van Regteren Altena had inventoried this drawing as 'Paulus Potter'. Peter Schatborn has suggested an attribution to Simon de Vlieger, comparing it to a Study of a mastiff lying down by the artist, also executed in black chalk on buff paper and signed with initials 'SDVL', in the British Museum (inv. 1895,0915.1340). The present drawing may also be compared to an etching by de Vlieger showing two recumbent pigs in a barn (Hollstein 16).