Paulus Potter - The Bull



Paulus Potter
The Bull
1647
235.5 x 339 cm
Oil on canvas
Mauritshuis, The Hague


Related works

Copy:

Theodorus Mesker - Copy of the Young Bull by Paulus Potter
Theodorus Mesker
Copy of the Young Bull by Paulus Potter
1885

Literature

Collection catalogues
Compiled by Quentin Buvelot, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague; Zwolle, 2004, pp. 244-245

Literature
C. Boschma, J.M. de Groot, G. Jansen, J.W.M. de Jong, F. Grijzenhout (eds.), Meesterlijk vee, Zwolle; 's-Gravenhage, 1988, fig. 80
Richard R. Brettell and Stephen F. Eisenman, Nineteenth-century art in the Norton Simon Museum, New Haven, 2006, fig. 32a
Paul Schnabel, Anders gekeken, Zwolle, 2021, fig. 172
Pennen over penselen, Den Haag; Zwolle, 2022, pp. 76-77



Provenance

Willem Fabricius d'Almkerk, Haarlem, 1749
Prince Willem IV, The Hague, 1749
Prince Willem V, The Hague, until 1795
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External links

RKD 205634
Mauritshuis, The Hague Accession number 136

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