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Paulus Potter: The Bull  wikidata:Q2917717 reasonator:Q2917717
Artist
Paulus Potter  (1625–1654)  wikidata:Q355406 s:en:Author:Paulus Potter
 
Paulus Potter
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 Edit this at Wikidata–1654 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Amsterdam (1631-1646), Delft (1646), The Hague (1649-1652), Amsterdam (1652-1654)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q355406
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Bull
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre animal art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
A bull, cow, ram, ewe and lam with herder in a landscape. On the horizon the church of Rijswijk is visible.
Date 1647
date QS:P571,+1647-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 235.5 cm (92.7 in); width: 339 cm (11.1 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,235.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,339U174728
institution QS:P195,Q221092
Accession number
136
Object history by 1749
date QS:P,+1749-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1749-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: 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
date QS:P,+1754-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1754-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Binnenhof, The Hague
from 1795 until 1815
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1815-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Louvre Museum, Paris
from 1821
date QS:P,+1821-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1821-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague
Inscriptions

Signature and date center left:

Paulus Potter / f. 1647

On the fence
References Mauritshuis in detail, as The bull, height: 235.5 cm (92.7 in); width: 339 cm (11.1 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,235.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,339U174728
.
RKDimages, Art-work number 205634, as The bull, height: 235.5 cm (92.7 in); width: 339 cm (11.1 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,235.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,339U174728
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20186185, as Der junge Bulle, height: 235.5 cm (92.7 in); width: 339 cm (11.1 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,235.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,339U174728

Web Gallery of Art, as Young Bull, height: 236 cm (92.9 in); width: 339 cm (11.1 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,236U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,339U174728
.
AnonymousUnknown author ([circa 1900
date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
]) Mauritshuis. The Hague. Holland, 's-Gravenhage: De Groot & Dijkhoff, [p. 23], as The young bull, with image in black and white.
Source/Photographer https://r15n.me/page/2/
Other versions
File:Paulus Potter - De Stier.jpg
Version from www.mauritshuis.nl
File:Paulus Potter 005 black and white.jpg
Version from AnonymousUnknown author ([ca. 1900]) Mauritshuis. The Hague. Holland, 's-Gravenhage: De Groot & Dijkhoff, [p. 23].
File:Century Mag Paul Potter engraving.png
Version from Century Magazine

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Paulus Potter, The Bull (1647); 3.4 metres wide

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