 paulus potter (20 november 1625 (baptised) â 17 january 1654 (buried)) was a dutch painter who specialized in animals within landscapes, usually with a low vantage point. before potter died of tuberculosis at the age of 28 he succeeded in producing about 100 paintings, working continuously. ==life== thumb||left|the piebald horse, c. 1654 few details are known of potter's life. he was born in enkhuizen. in 1628 his family moved to leiden, and in 1631 to amsterdam, where young paulus studied painting with his father, pieter symonsz potter.liedtke, walter a., michiel plomp, and axel rÃ¼ger. 2001. vermeer and the delft school. new york: metropolitan museum of art. isbn 0-87099-973-7 p. 332. after his mother died, his father started an affair with the wife of pieter codde, also living in the fancy sint antoniesbreestraat. for some time his father was a manufacturer of gilded leather hangings outside the city walls. potter became a member of the guild of saint luke in delft, but by 1649, paulus moved to the hague, next to jan van goyen. potter married in the hague and his father-in-law, who was the leading building contractor in the hague, introduced him to the dutch elite. amalia of solms-braunfels, a member of the stadholder's family and an art-lover, bought a painting with a pissing cow, but some court ladies seemed to have advised against it. by may 1652, after a case about delivering a new painting, he returned to amsterdam. potter was invited by nicolaes tulp, who was impressed by his civilized behavior and politeness. potter painted his son dirck tulp, but only changed the face on an earlier work he was not able to sell. potter died in amsterdam. paulus painted a self-portrait which was at hackwood park, hampshire until 1998. it is now at elibank house, buckinghamshire. ==paintings== his most famous painting not to be confused with his work "the bull" is the young bull (circa 1647), that is now in mauritshuis in the hague, composed aft
1625_births 1654_deaths Animal_artists Dutch_Golden_Age_painters Dutch_genre_painters Members_of_the_Delft_Guild_of_Saint_Luke People_from_Enkhuizen