Paulus Potter

Cattle in a Meadow

Paulus Potter  Vee in de weide Cattle in a Meadow
Paulus Potter  Vee in de weide Cattle in a Meadow
Paulus Potter  Vee in de weide Cattle in a Meadow
Paulus Potter  Vee in de weide Cattle in a Meadow
Paulus Potter  Vee in de weide Cattle in a Meadow

Paulus Potter
Cattle in a Meadow

Visible à Salle 12

Some cattle stand in a meadow in the late afternoon sun. On the right, in the shade of a pollard willow, a few pigs are lying contentedly in the mud. Potter is known mainly for The Bull, an exceptionally large painting that is also in the collection of the Mauritshuis. This is an example of what he usually painted: cattle on a much smaller scale, which was well-suited to hanging on the walls of a town house.

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Paulus Potter  Vee in de weide Cattle in a Meadow

Paulus Potter
Cattle in a Meadow

Visible à Salle 12

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Informations générales
Paulus Potter (Enkhuizen 1625 - 1654 Amsterdam)
Cattle in a Meadow
painting
138
Salle 12
Détails des matériaux et techniques
oil
panel
35.8 x 46.9 cm
Inscriptions
middle right, on the barn: Paulus Potter / f: 1652.

Origine

Govert van Slingelandt, The Hague, after 1752-1767; his widow, Agatha Huydecoper, 1767-1768; Van Slingelandt sale, The Hague, 18 May 1768 (Lugt 1683), no. 27; the entire collection sold to Prince William V; Prince William V, The Hague, 1768-1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822