Paulus Potter

'' (1647) is in the collection of the Mauritshuis Paulus Potter was born in Enkhuizen. He was baptized on 20 November 1625. In 1628 his family moved to Leiden, and in 1631 to Amsterdam, where young Paulus studied painting with his father, Pieter Symonsz Potter. After his mother died, his father started an affair with the wife of Pieter Codde, also living in the fancy Sint Antoniesbreestraat. For some time his father was a manufacturer of gilded leather hangings outside the city walls. Potter became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Delft, but by 1649, he moved to The Hague, next to Jan van Goyen. In July 1650, Potter married Adriana van Balckeneynde (1627-1690). His father-in-law was a leading building contractor in the Hague and introduced him to the Dutch elite. but some court ladies seemed to have advised against it. In May 1652, he returned to Amsterdam on invitation of Nicolaes Tulp, who owned a number of his paintings. Tulp was impressed by his civilized behavior and politeness and had Potter paint his son, Dirck Tulp, as a noble equestrian. Potter composed a will in January of 1653 and died a year later of tuberculosis, two months after his 28th birthday. Paulus painted a self-portrait which was at Hackwood Park, Hampshire until 1998. ==Paintings==

Potter's most famous painting is The Young Bull (circa 1647), and is not to be confused with his work The Bull. The Young Bull was composed after drawings Potter made in nature, and is now located in Mauritshuis in The Hague. Though this painting was criticized, it was greatly admired during the 19th century as an early example of Romanticism. The Young Bull features as the canvas being studied in Mark Tansey's 1981 monochromatic oil on canvas The Innocent Eye Test. File:Paulus Potter - Punishment of a Hunter.jpg|Punishment of a Hunter( 1647) File:Potter A shepherd with cows.jpg|Shepherd Boy with Cows (1647) File:Paulus Potter - Figures with Horses by a Stable - Google Art Project.jpg|Figures with Horses by a Stable (1647) File:Twee paarden in de wei bij een hek Rijksmuseum SK-C-205.jpeg|Two Horses in a Meadow near a Gate (1649) File:The Farmyard 1649 Paulus Potter.jpg|The Farmyard, 1649, formerly known as The Pissing Cow from the collection of Amalia van Solms (1649) File:Paulus Potter - Two Pigs in a Sty - Google Art Project.jpg|Two Pigs in a Sty (1649) File:Potter, Paulus - Cattle and Sheep - Google Art Project.jpg|Cattle and Sheep(after 1650) File:Paulus Potter - Animals Resting in the Pasture.jpg|Cows Animals Resting in the Pasture (1650) File:Paulus Potter - Wolf-Hound - WGA18220.jpg|Wolf-Hound ( 1650–1652) File:The Piebald Horse - Paulus Potter - Dutch, about 1650 - 1654.jpg|The Piebald Horse ( 1650–1654) File:Paulus Potter - Vier koeien in de wei.jpg|Four Cows in a Meadow (1651) File:Cattle in a Meadow by Paulus Potter Mauritshuis 138.jpg|Cattle in a Meadow by Paulus Potter (1652) File:Paulus Potter - Four Bulls - WGA18208.jpg|Four Bulls (unknown) File:'Cattle in a Meadow' by Paulus Potter, 1652, oil on wood.JPG|Cattle in a Meadow (1652) File:Paulus Potter 002.jpg|Resting Herd (1652) File:Een patrijshond Rijksmuseum SK-C-279.jpeg|A spaniel (1653) ==Memorials==

A statue of Potter (sketching a distant statue of a goat) was erected at the Drommedaris in Enkhuizen in 1991. ==References==