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Paulus Potter

Also known as Pl. Potter, Paul Poters, R. Potter, Paol Potter, Paulus Porter, Paulus Pottert, Paul Potter, Paulus Pietersz. Potter

Dutch painter (1625-1654)

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Paulus Potter was a Dutch painter, poet, etcher, and graphic artist born in Enkhuizen in 1625. He worked in Amsterdam, Delft, and The Hague, and was a member of the Guild of Saint Luke. His artistic output included landscape, animal, genre, and history paintings within the Baroque and Delft school movements. He was influenced by Pieter van Laer and studied under Pieter Symonsz Potter, Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert, and Jacob Willemsz de Wet.

His notable work is The Bull. His art is held in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Museo del Prado. He also authored the work Die Spree-Laterne. Potter died of tuberculosis in Amsterdam on January 17, 1654. He is described in sources such as The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Works: 1

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Die Spree-Laterne

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Key facts

Born: ( 1625-11-20 ) 20 November 1625 (baptised), Enkhuizen , Dutch Republic
Died: ( 1654-01-17 ) 17 January 1654 (buried), Amsterdam , Dutch Republic
Education: Pieter Symonsz Potter
Known for: Painting

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Paulus
Family name: Potter
Gender: male
Citizenship: Dutch Republic
Place of birth: Enkhuizen
Place of death: Amsterdam
Father: Pieter Symonsz Potter
Occupation: visual artist
Languages spoken: Dutch
Student of: Jacob Willemsz de Wet
Field of work: painting
Genre: history painting
Movement: Delft school
Image: Bartholomeus van der Helst - Paul Potter.jpg
Work location: Amsterdam

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Commons category: Paulus Potter
cause of death: tuberculosis
date of birth: 1625-11-20
date of death: 1654-01-17
Commons gallery: Paulus Potter
Commons Creator page: Paulus Potter
manner of death: natural causes
member of: Guild of Saint Luke
influenced by: Pieter van Laer
name in native language: Paulus Pieterszoon Potter
ethnic group: Dutch
start of work period: 1641-01-01
end of work period: 1654-01-01

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Paulus Potter, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

[The Frisian Horse]

[The Shepherd]

[Two Cows from behind; Two Cows Seen From Behind]

[Autre vache debout, vue de [, et dirigée vers la droite, dont le fond offre un batiment tombé en ruines; Standing cow looking to the right, ruins of a building on the right in the background]

[Un mouton qui broute, vu presque de face, et dirigé vers la droite. Un autre est couché à gauche vers le fond; Standing grazing sheep in the foreground, a lying sheep in the background]

[Un bouc couché, vu par le dos; Lying goat in back view]

[Un taureaux furieux courant vers la droite, et poursuivi par trois dogues; cover: A wild bull rushed by dogs]

Village street

On the pasture

Orpheus and the animals

Departure for hunting

On the pasture

Cow mirrored in the water

On the pasture

Equestrian womb

Rest in front of the tavern

Taurus and cow

Landscape moral

The Grauschimmel

Livestock in the willow

Cattle and sheep

Landscape with oxen

[Wieherner Horse]

[Un jeune bouc debout vu de [; Young goat buck with a scattered view]

[Autre bouc buvant dans un ruisseau; Drinking Goat]

[Two Fighting Ox; Two Oxen Fighting]

[Un chevreau tetant une chèvre; a standing goat sucking her young]

[Head of a Cow; The Cow 's Head]

[The Cow With the Crumpled Horn]

[A lying cow by a fence; The Cow Lying Down Near a Fence]

[The Ackergäule; The Plough Horses]

[Lying cow to the left, a tree to the right]

[Un mouton qui broute, vu presque de profile, et dirigé vers la droite; un autre vu de face, est couché derrière lui, vers le fond à gauche; A grazing sheep in the foreground, a lying sheep in the background]

[Un mouton couché, dirige vers la gauche, et re[ ant sa tête sur son épaule, pour se gratter; lying sheep scratching with head turned left]

[Une brébis debout, dirigée vers la gauche, accompagnée d 'un agneau qui la tette; mouton; a sheep sucking a lamb, a cart in the background]

[Un vache debout, vue de [, et dirigée vers la gauche; Standing cow grazing to the left in profile]

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Encyclopedic overview

Paulus Potter ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpʌulʏs ˈpɔtər]; 20 November 1625 (baptised) – 17 January 1654 (buried)) was a Dutch painter who specialized in landscapes featuring animals, often from a low vantage point.

Before Potter died of tuberculosis at the age of 28 he produced about 100 paintings, working continuously.

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