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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:: 8598
Young Bull zg
1647
Oil on canvas, 236 x 339 cm
Mauritshuis, The Hague
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Painting ID:: 19920
Two Cows a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow
1647
Oil on panel
Art Institute of Chicago
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Painting ID:: 19921
The Bull
1649
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
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Painting ID:: 19922
A Farm
1649
Oil on panel
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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Painting ID:: 19923
Watchdog
Oil on canvas
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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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: | Anton Wilhelm Tischbein | BREGNO, Antonio | Mulhaupt, Frederick John | Pierre Edouard Frere | Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna |
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