American livestock portraits are scarce and this portrait by T.K. Van Zandt is truly extraordinary. The prize cow is painted in a Hudson River landscape setting with a sail boat in the distance. Thomas K. Van Zandt (1814-1886), signed lower left, “Van Zandt”.

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Dimensions: H 25", W 30" Period gilt frame, H 32 ¾", W 37 ¾"
Date / Circa: c.1850
Maker / Origin: Thomas VanZandt, Albany, New York
Medium: Oil on canvas on the original stretcher

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