Goats: Plate 8: A billy goat resting in a landscape

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Goats: Plate 8: A billy goat resting in a landscape

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

The Dutch printmaker Marcus de Bye (also de Bije/ de Bie) is little-known in relation to his talent and prolificness. He was born in The Hague in 1639 and died after 1688. He became a pupil of Jacob van der Does in 1658. Better known as an engraver and etcher than a painter, he engraved several series of animal studies after Paulus Potter and also produced a number of original engravings. Te Papa has a near complete set (seven out of eight plates) from the Goats and he-goats series, based o...

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Date created

Mid 17th century

Creator

Marcus de Bye / Paulus Potter / Nicolaes Visscher the Younger

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/39231

Related subjects

Goats / Animals / Horns (Animal) / ink / paper / prints / etchings / works on paper / etching / Baroque / Netherlands / Bishop Ditlev Monrad

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