Lot Essay
The cows in this painting feature in several other works by Karel Dujardin dating to circa 1655-60 (see, for example, J.M. Kilian, The Paintings of Karel du Jardin: Catalogue Raisonné, Philadelphia and Amsterdam, 2005, nos. 32, 65 and 72).
We are grateful to Dr. Jennifer Kilian for endorsing the attribution on the basis of photographs.
We are grateful to Dr. Jennifer Kilian for endorsing the attribution on the basis of photographs.