Cows and Sheep at a Stream
by DUJARDIN, Karel, Oil on canvas, 52 x 43 cm
Like Paulus Potter, Karel Dujardin succeeded in rendering animals in a masterly way. In this painting he depicted sheep and a lamb, two cows and a donkey in a Dutch meadow, surrounded by a mountainous Italianate landscape.
This painting, now in the Louvre, was bought by the French king, Louis XVI.