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Paulus Potter (1625-1654) Two Cows and a Young Bull Beside a Fence in a Meadow 1647, Dutch. Oil on panel. 48.5x37 cm. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill (http://www.artic.edu); in loving memory of Harold T. Martin from Eloise T. Martin, wife, and Joyce Martin Brown, daughter; Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection; Lacy Armour Endowment; through prior gift of Frank H. and Louise B. Woods; photograph © 2000, The Art Institute of Chicago.

Paulus Potter (1625-1654) lived a short life but cast a long shadow. In a country and a century marked by masters, no one painted animals better than he. Moreover, he gave his subject—the ordinary, commonplace domestic farm animals such as cows, goats, sheep, and pigs—a fresh perspective. Other Dutch and Flemish painters often included grazing animals in their landscapes (cows were, after all, common in Holland), but they . . . [Full Text of this Article]