Sheep. Plate 7: Two grazing sheep., Marcus de Bye, artist, circa 1664, Netherlands, etching, The Dutch printmaker Marcus de Bye (also de Bije/ de Bie) is little-known in relation to his talent and prolificness. He was born in The Hague in 1639 and died after 1688. He became a pupil of Jacob van der Does in 1658. Better known as an engraver and etcher than a painter, he engraved several series of animal studies after the famous but short-lived painter Paulus Potter and also produced a number of original engravings

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