Paulus Potter

(1625–1654) holländsk målare

Paulus Potter (1625–1654) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Paulus Potter belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Paulus Potter was born in Enkhuizen and died in Amsterdam. The teachers included Pieter Symonsz Potter, Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert, and Jacob Willemsz de Wet. Paulus Potter worked in Amsterdam, Delft, The Hague, and Amsterdam. Wikidata associates Paulus Potter with Baroque and Delft school. Paulus Potter became a member of Guild of Saint Luke.

The best-known works include ‘Cows reflected in the water’, ‘Cattle in a Meadow’, and ‘The Bull’. The works belong mainly to the genres landscape painting, animal painting, and genre painting. The catalogue has 120 works by Paulus Potter with free images. The dated works span the years 1642–1670. Works by Paulus Potter are held by several collections, among them Eremitaget, Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Staatliches Museum Schwerin, and Demidov collection. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Guillam Dubois, Gaspar de Witte, Lambert Doomer, Giovan Battista Langetti, and Gillis van, the younger Tilborgh.

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