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Paulus Potter (1625 - 1654),

• Was a Dutch painter.
• Potter specialized in animals within landscapes, usually with a low vantage point.
• Paulus Potter was born in Enkhuizen.
• In 1628 his family moved to Leiden, and in 1631 to Amsterdam, where young Paulus studied painting with his father, Pieter Symonsz Potter.
• Potter became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Delft.
• By 1649 Paulus moved to The Hague, next to Jan van Goyen. 
• Potter already made a will in January 1653 and died a year later of tuberculosis, two months after his 28th birthday.
• Potter succeeded in producing about 100 paintings, working continuously.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow, 1647.
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