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personDutch, 1741–1799lock_openPublic domain: US, EU, UK, CA, MX, CO · 94% confidence
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Selected Works35

Museum Acquisitions

Met
Met
NGA Washington
NGA Washington
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
Hammer Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums
Cincinnati Art Museum
Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum

Previous Sales 14

Christie's
A winter landscape with peasants cutting wood
A winter landscape with peasants cutting wood
$1,260
Jan 2023
Sotheby's
Village Landscape with Sheep and Figures
Village Landscape with Sheep and Figures
Unknown
Jul 2022
Sotheby's
View of Lage Vuursche, near Hilversum
View of Lage Vuursche, near Hilversum
Unknown
Jul 2022
Sotheby's
The Month of December: View of a Village in the Snow
The Month of December: View of a Village in the Snow
Unknown
Jan 2021
Christie's
A winter landscape with two peasants pushing a sledge laden with logs, and a swineherd to the left
A winter landscape with two peasants pushing a sledge laden with logs, and a swineherd to the left
€23,750 ($26k USD)
Dec 2014
Christie's
A summer landscape with cows beside a river, with a hay wagon to the right
A summer landscape with cows beside a river, with a hay wagon to the right
€3,750 ($4k USD)
Dec 2014
Christie's
Peasants and animals in a wooded river landscape
Peasants and animals in a wooded river landscape
€2,500 ($3k USD)
Dec 2014
Christie's
A cottage on a forest path ( recto ); Study of a tree ( verso ); and A cottage in a clearing near Ankeveen (pl. 6)
A cottage on a forest path ( recto ); Study of a tree ( verso ); and A cottage in a clearing near Ankeveen (pl. 6)
€875 ($963 USD)
Dec 2014
Christie's
A landscape with a windmill and herdsmen with their flock of sheep; and A landscape with herdsmen and a carriage in the background
A landscape with a windmill and herdsmen with their flock of sheep; and A landscape with herdsmen and a carriage in the background
£2,125 ($3k USD)
Dec 2014
Christie's
The month of December: skaters on a frozen river with a village beyond, possibly the village of Nieuwland near Leerdam
The month of December: skaters on a frozen river with a village beyond, possibly the village of Nieuwland near Leerdam
£9,375 ($12k USD)
Dec 2011
Christie's
A swineherd with three pigs on a track, a windmill beyond; and A peasant watering his animals at a ford
A swineherd with three pigs on a track, a windmill beyond; and A peasant watering his animals at a ford
£4,750 ($6k USD)
Jul 2008
Christie's
A mountainous landscape with maids milking a goat on the bank of a stream
A mountainous landscape with maids milking a goat on the bank of a stream
€4,560 ($5k USD)
Jan 2007
Christie's
Peasants on country roads by farmhouses
Peasants on country roads by farmhouses
€2,585 ($3k USD)
Mar 2002
Hodgins Art Auctions
Jacob Cats
Jacob Cats
Unknown
Nov 2008

For Sale 3

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Winter Scene
Winter Scene, 1790
For sale
Pen and brown ink with gray wash and watercolor on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Farmyard in Winter
Farmyard in Winter, 1786
For sale
Pen and brown ink with gray wash and watercolor on laid paper
Christie's Old Masters · Artsy
A man with a dog on a bridge, a horse and cart, and a cottage beyond
A man with a dog on a bridge, a horse and cart, and a cottage beyond
For sale
Black chalk, pen and grey ink, grey-brown wash
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the night watch dog inspiration rembrandt
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has discovered that the dog in the lower right corner of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" (1642) was inspired by a 17th-cent…
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Dog in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch was copied from widely available book, suggests new research
New research suggests that the barking dog in the lower right corner of Rembrandt's *The Night Watch* (1642) was copied from a title-page illustration…
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the night watch dog inspiration rembrandt
Sep 24, 2025
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Dog in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch was copied from widely available book, suggests new research
Sep 23, 2025
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Jacob Cats dies
Jan 1, 1799
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Jacob Cats born
Jan 1, 1741
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