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Herdsmen with their cattle
Also titled Herders met hun vee
1651
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 9.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Paulus Potter (1625 - 1654). Herdsmen with their cattle, 1651 Paulus Potter, whose specialty was animals, portrayed cows, goats and sheep in precise and accurate detail. Here he has placed them against a hilly background. This was unusual for Potter, who generally painted flat Dutch landscapes. The hill on the left has a special function within the composition. Together with the tree on the right, it creates the effect of stage wings, adding depth to the composition. Purchased in 1808, from the collection of G. van der Pot van Groeneveld (Rotterdam).
