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Group of Deer in a Forest
Also titled Groep herten in het bos
Paulus Potter (Enkhuizen, 1625–1654)
1647
- Medium
- paper, chalk
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 241 mm x width 319 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
By varying the pressure he put on the black chalk while drawing, Potter introduced a surprising amount of depth and movement into this scene. The two fighting stags in the middle of the drawing virtually jump off the paper. This draws attention away from the bawdy detail at the right. This kind of drollery would have amused people in the 17th century.
