Lot Essay
(6, 7 and 11) Illustrated in plate I, p. 132.
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A goat attacked by a lynx; A lion attacking a white stallion; Two wolves attacking a stag; A still life with a heron, a bittern, pigeons and a partridge; Foxes attacking geese beneath an oak tree; A wolf attacking a stag beneath an oak tree; A sleeping lion taunted by rabbits at the mouth of a cave; and A lion attacking a zebra
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A goat attacked by a lynx; A lion attacking a white stallion; Two wolves attacking a stag; A still life with a heron, a bittern, pigeons and a partridge; Foxes attacking geese beneath an oak tree; A wolf attacking a stag beneath an oak tree; A sleeping lion taunted by rabbits at the mouth of a cave; and A lion attacking a zebra
the still life inscribed 'Mytens 1644' and with an ilegible inscription on the mount
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor, bodycolor on two joined sheets of paper (5), on milled paper (3, 6), watermark Pro Patria (1, 8), Seven Provinces (2), proprietary device (5), in contemporary mounts (except 5, 6)
7 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (181 x 226 mm.); 9 x 12¾ in. (227 x 322 mm.); 8¼ x 13 1/8 in. (212 x 333 mm.); 8 x 13 in. (202 x 329 mm.); 21¾ x 17 in. (553 x 431 mm.); 13 x 8¾ in. (330 x 213 mm.); 16 x 12 5/8 in. (407 x 321 mm.); 16 3/8 x 12 7/8 in. (416 x 328 mm.); and three drawings, One in black chalk preparatory to the Goat attacked by a lynx (1); and A fox chasing deer across a frozen lake, in watercolor; and The Vision of Saint Eustace, in watercolor (11)
the still life inscribed 'Mytens 1644' and with an ilegible inscription on the mount
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor, bodycolor on two joined sheets of paper (5), on milled paper (3, 6), watermark Pro Patria (1, 8), Seven Provinces (2), proprietary device (5), in contemporary mounts (except 5, 6)
7 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (181 x 226 mm.); 9 x 12¾ in. (227 x 322 mm.); 8¼ x 13 1/8 in. (212 x 333 mm.); 8 x 13 in. (202 x 329 mm.); 21¾ x 17 in. (553 x 431 mm.); 13 x 8¾ in. (330 x 213 mm.); 16 x 12 5/8 in. (407 x 321 mm.); 16 3/8 x 12 7/8 in. (416 x 328 mm.); and three drawings, One in black chalk preparatory to the Goat attacked by a lynx (1); and A fox chasing deer across a frozen lake, in watercolor; and The Vision of Saint Eustace, in watercolor (11)