Paulus Potter (1625 - 1654)

• Was a Dutch painter.
• Potter specialized in animals within landscapes, usually with a low vantage point.
• Paulus Potter was born in Enkhuizen.
• In 1628 his family moved to Leiden, and in 1631 to Amsterdam, where young Paulus studied painting with his father, Pieter Symonsz Potter.
• Potter became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Delft.
• By 1649 Paulus moved to The Hague, next to Jan van Goyen.
• Potter already made a will in January 1653 and died a year later of tuberculosis, two months after his 28th birthday.
• Potter succeeded in producing about 100 paintings, working continuously.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Paulus Potter, Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow, 1647.
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Paulus Potter, Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow, 1647

Original, Art Institute of Chicago. Visited in 2018.

Paulus Potter, Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow, 1647

Paulus Potter, Figures with Horses by a Stable, 1647

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Paulus Potter, Figures with Horses by a Stable, 1647

Paulus Potter, A Landscape with Cows, Sheep and Horses by a Barn, 1651

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Paulus Potter, A Landscape with Cows, Sheep and Horses by a Barn, 1651

Paulus Potter, Cattle and Sheep in a Stormy Landscape, 1647

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Paulus Potter, Cattle and Sheep in a Stormy Landscape, 1647

Paulus Potter, La Prairie or Three Oxen in a Vast Prairie, 1652

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Paulus Potter, La Prairie or Three Oxen in a Vast Prairie, 1652

Paulus Potter, A Farrier's Shop, 1648

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-18.

Paulus Potter, A Farrier's Shop, 1648

Paulus Potter, Two Pigs in a Sty, 1649

Original, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Visited in 2019.

Paulus Potter, Two Pigs in a Sty, 1649

Paulus Potter, Peasant Family with Livestock, 1646

Original, The Pinakotheken, Munich. Visited in 2019.

Paulus Potter, Punishment of a Hunter, c. 1647

Original, Hermitage Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Paulus Potter, Punishment of a Hunter, c. 1647

Paulus Potter, The Wood of The Hague, 1650

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Paulus Potter, The Wood of The Hague, 1650

Paulus Potter, The "Piebald" Horse, c. 1650-54

Original, The J. Paul Getty Museum. Visited in 2018-19.

Paulus Potter, The "Piebald" Horse, c. 1650-54

Paulus Potter, The Pious Horse, 1653

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Paulus Potter, The Pious Horse, 1653

Paulus Potter, Two Horses near a trough in front of a thatched cottage, 1649

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Paulus Potter, Two Horses near a trough in front of a thatched cottage, 1649

Paulus Potter, Two Cows on a Hill, 1648

Original, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark. Visited in 2024.

Paulus Potter, A bull, 1650

Original, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark. Visited in 2024.

Paulus Potter, A bull, 1650