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Study Sheet with Foxes
    • TitleStudy Sheet with Foxes
  • Technique/ MaterialBlack chalk on paper
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b) 9,5 x 13,5 cm
    Passepartout: (h x b) 55 x 42 cm
    Frame: (h x b x dj) 60 x 47 x 3
  • DatingExecuted circa 1647
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Paulus Potter, Dutch, born 1625, dead 1654
  • CategoryDrawings, Free-hand drawings
  • ClassificationDrawing
  • Geographical originHolland, Nederländerna
  • Inventory No.NMH THC 5408
  • AcquisitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum
  • Collection Dutch Drawings in Swedish Public Collections
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    An alert fox was observed by the young Paulus Potter in its natural habitat, then drawn quickly, with a sure trait. The sheet of studies undoubtedly comes from one of the artist’s sketchbooks with animal studies, few of which have been preserved.