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Summary

Paulus Potter: The Bull

Artist



Alternative names	Paulus Pietersz. Potter, Pouwels Potter
Description	Dutch printmaker, painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	20 November 1625 (baptised)	17 January 1654 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Enkhuizen	Amsterdam
Work period	1641 –1654
Work location	Amsterdam (1631-1646), Delft (1646), The Hague (1649-1652), Amsterdam (1652-1654)
Authority file	: Q355406 VIAF: 7543698 ISNI: 0000000066534583 ULAN: 500012008 LCCN: nr91026025 NAID: 10570189 WorldCat

Title

The Young Bull

Object type

painting

Genre

animal art

Description

A bull, cow, ram, ewe and lam with herder in a landscape. On the horizon the church of Rijswijk is visible.

Date

1647

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 235.5 cm (92.7 in)

; width: 339 cm (11.1 ft)

Collection

Mauritshuis (Inventory)

	Native name	Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
	Location	Korte Vijverberg 8, The Hague
	Coordinates	52° 04′ 49.4″ N, 4° 18′ 51.5″ E
	Established	1822
	Website	mauritshuis.nl
	Authority file	: Q221092 VIAF: 134457328 ISNI: 000000012288890X ULAN: 500307433 LCCN: n79026755 GND: 62314-3 WorldCat

Accession number

136 (Mauritshuis)

Object history

by 1749: Willem Fabricius d'Almkerk (1709-1749), Haarlem

19 August 1749: sale of the collection of Willem Fabricius at Bosch and Frans Dekker, Prinsenhof, Haarlem, result unknown
1749: acquired by William IV, Prince of Orange (1711-1751), Northern Netherlands
1751: inherited by William V, Prince of Orange (1748-1806), The Hague

from 1754: Binnenhof, The Hague
from 1795 until 1815: Louvre Museum, Paris
from 1821: Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague

Inscriptions

Signature and date center left:

Paulus Potter / f. 1647

On the fence

Notes

Anonymous ([circa 1900]) Mauritshuis. The Hague. Holland, 's-Gravenhage: De Groot & Dijkhoff, [p. 23], as The young bull, with image in black and white.

References

Source/Photographer

www.mauritshuis.nl : Home

Other versions

File:Paulus Potter - Young Bull.JPG

File:Paulus Potter 005 black and white.jpg
Version from Anonymous ([ca. 1900]) Mauritshuis. The Hague. Holland, 's-Gravenhage: De Groot & Dijkhoff, [p. 23].

File:Century Mag Paul Potter engraving.png
Version from Century Magazine

Licensing

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:02, 14 July 2014	3,000 × 2,084 (984 KB)	Coat of Many Colours	New version from Mauritshuis
	20:29, 21 January 2007	1,500 × 1,039 (438 KB)	Husky	Higher resolution version of the same image.
	21:39, 4 June 2006	400 × 276 (34 KB)	Husky	{{Information \|Description=De Stier \|Source=Website Mauritshuis (http://www.mauritshuis.nl) \|Date=around 1647 \|Author=Paulus Potter \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}