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Artists›Paulus Potter

Paulus Potter

1625–1654

WA-00016022

PaintingBaroque

Representation

None documented

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ355406

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Baroque

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (42)

Head of Cow

1800 · Charcoal on cream laid paper

31.2 × 24.7 cm (12 5/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cows in a meadow near a farm

1653 · paint on canvas, oil paint (paint)

depth: 10.5 cm, height: 58 cm, width: 66.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Worn-Out Horse, (La Mazette), from Series of Horses

1652 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 16.2 × 24.2 cm (6 7/16 × 9 9/16 in.); sheet: 18.8 × 26.7 cm (7 7/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Cropped Horse, from Series of Horses

1652 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 15.8 × 24.2 cm (6 1/4 × 9 9/16 in.); sheet: 17.5 × 25.5 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Plough Horse, from Series of Horses

1652 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 16 × 24.2 cm (6 5/16 × 9 9/16 in.); sheet: 18.7 × 26.8 cm (7 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Frisian Horse, from Series of Horses

1652 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 16.2 × 24.2 cm (6 7/16 × 9 9/16 in.); sheet: 18.8 × 26.8 cm (7 7/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Neighing Horse, from Series of Horses

1652 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 16.2 × 24.2 cm (6 7/16 × 9 9/16 in.); sheet: 18.8 × 26.5 cm (7 7/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Cows Seen from Behind

1650 · etching

National Gallery of Art

Two Oxen Fighting

1650 · etching

National Gallery of Art

Grazing Cow

1650 · etching

National Gallery of Art

Standing Cow (Cow with a Crumpled Horn)

1650 · etching

National Gallery of Art

Pissing Cow

1650 · etching

National Gallery of Art

Cow Lying Down near a Fence

1650 · etching

National Gallery of Art

A Cow Standing and Another Lying Down

1650 · etching

National Gallery of Art

Bull

1650 · etching

National Gallery of Art

Two Cows Seen from Behind, from Various Oxen and Cows

1650 · Etching on paper

Sheet (trimmed): 10.2 × 14.2 cm (4 1/16 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Grazing Cow, from Various Oxen and Cows

1650 · Etching on paper

Sheet (trimmed): 10.2 × 14.1 cm (4 1/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Oxen Fighting, from Various Oxen and Cows

1650 · Etching on paper

Sheet (trimmed): 10.7 × 14.4 cm (4 1/4 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pissing Cow, from Various Oxen and Cows

1650 · Etching on paper

Sheet (trimmed): 10.6 × 14.2 cm (4 3/16 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Bull, from Various Oxen and Cows

1650 · Etching on paper

Sheet (trimmed): 10.9 × 14.4 cm (4 5/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Cow with a Crumpled Horn, from Various Oxen and Cows

1650 · Etching on paper

Sheet (trimmed): 10.2 × 14.2 cm (4 1/16 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Cow Lying Down near a Fence, from Various Oxen and Cows

1650 · Etching on paper

Sheet (trimmed): 10.2 × 13.9 cm (4 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Cow Standing and Another Lying Down, from Various Oxen and Cows

1650 · Etching, with drypoint, on paper

Sheet (trimmed): 10.2 × 14 cm (4 1/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Liggende koe bij een hek

1650 · etching on paper

width: 140 cm, height: 103 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Artwork sources (5)

42 published of 42 catalogued · 40 with image

Art Institute Chicago
20 published20 img
Nga
10 published10 img
Rijksmuseum
5 published5 img
The Met
4 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published3 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Orpheus charming the beasts
1650 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The cow lying down near a tree
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Cowherd
1644 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Shepherd
1644 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Cows in a meadow near a farm
1653 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Liggende koe bij een hek
1650 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

20 assets

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

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Relationships

Movements1

Baroque

Collections5

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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