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| Title | A Bull in a Landscape | |
| Collection | Watford Museum | |
| Artist | Kobell, Jan, II (Dutch artist, 1778-1814) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1800 | |
| Date Latest | about 1810 | |
| Description | Set against the sky, the figure of the bull stands firmly, looking out at the viewer. The strength of the bull is conveyed by its being placed next to a goat. In this depiction of a bull Kobell demonstrated his skill in representing cattle, for which he was internationally regarded. This sensitive portrayal reflects a growing interest in scenes with livestock in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, which followed seventeenth-century precedents such as The Bull by Paulus Potter (Mauritshuis, The Hague). | |
| Current Accession Number | WATMC:2004.455 | |
| Former Accession Number | M29 | |
| Subject | landscape; animal (bull, goat) | |
| Measurements | 35 x 30 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by E. T. Burr 1930. | |
| Publications | Harwood, L. B., Paintings and Watercolour Drawings in the Watford Museum: A Catalogue of Selected Pictures, Watford, 1992, cat. no. 93, pp. 60-61, ill. no. 34. | |
| Notes | For an example of the work of Paulus Potter, see: Brière-Misme, C., La Peinture Hollandaise, Paris and Brussels, 1927, ill. no. 35b. The date of the bequest by Mr Burr is unknown. |
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| Rights Owner | Watford Museum | |
| Author | Bryony Bartlett-Rawlings | |