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POTTER, Paulus Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1625-1654
Son of Pieter Potter. He was related through his mother, Aechtie Pouwels (d 1636), to the wealthy and powerful von Egmont and Semeyns families, who held important offices in Enkhuizen and at the court in The Hague. He worked in his father's studio in Amsterdam during the 1630s and, like him, painted history subjects that show the strong influence of Claes Moeyaert, with whom Paulus may also have studied. In the painting Abraham Returning from Canaan he adapted the landscape setting from an etching by Moses van Uyttenbroeck and the figures from works by Moeyaert from over ten years earlier. Significantly, however, he redistributed the numerous animals and figures that Moeyaert had aligned evenly across the frontal plane; Potter placed them to one side, permitting a view into the deep distance where other animals can be seen. Potter followed his father more than Moeyaert in searching for ways to integrate his figures with the landscape,
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Painting ID:: 8587 Cows in a Meadow af
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Painting ID:: 8588 Diederik Tulp af
1653
Oil on canvas
Collection Six, Amsterdam
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Painting ID:: 8589 Four Bulls qgq
Oil on wood, 57,5 x 67,5 cm
Galleria Sabauda, Turin
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Painting ID:: 8591 Horses in a Field zg
Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Painting ID:: 8592 Peasant Family with Animals F
1646
Oil on wood, 37,1 x 29,5 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
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POTTER, Paulus
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1625-1654
Son of Pieter Potter. He was related through his mother, Aechtie Pouwels (d 1636), to the wealthy and powerful von Egmont and Semeyns families, who held important offices in Enkhuizen and at the court in The Hague. He worked in his father's studio in Amsterdam during the 1630s and, like him, painted history subjects that show the strong influence of Claes Moeyaert, with whom Paulus may also have studied. In the painting Abraham Returning from Canaan he adapted the landscape setting from an etching by Moses van Uyttenbroeck and the figures from works by Moeyaert from over ten years earlier. Significantly, however, he redistributed the numerous animals and figures that Moeyaert had aligned evenly across the frontal plane; Potter placed them to one side, permitting a view into the deep distance where other animals can be seen. Potter followed his father more than Moeyaert in searching for ways to integrate his figures with the landscape,
. Related Artists to POTTER, Paulus: | Edgar Degas | Renard Emile | Nasi | JACOPO del SELLAIO | Anton Hickel |
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