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Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

canvas: 23 3/8 by 32 5/8 in.; 59.4 by 82.9 cm.

Edition:

Jordaen's first fully developed treatment of this scene is a canvas now in the Muse des Beaux-Arts, Lyon. It dates from early the 1620s and is smaller, almost square in format and shows only the central part of the scene. There are two known replicas, one in the National Gallery of Victoria, datable to circa 1635-40 and the other in the Muse de l'Art Wallon, Liege. In the mid-1640s Jordaens returned to the theme, but in a more expansive form, extending the landscape to provide more breathing room for the main actors. That composition is known in two versions, the work formerly with Alain Tarica and a second, now in a private collection in Malm, which includes two additional cows in the left middle ground.

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated lower right: J. JOR fec. / 164(8)?

Condition:

framed: 31 1/4 by 40 1/4 in.; 79.4 by 102.2 cm.