Paulus PotterNiederlande, 1625–1654Ruhende Herde
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Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
Dresden, Deutschland
Der Besitzer ist bekannt; ob das Werk derzeit ausgestellt ist, nicht.
- Unverändert seit
- Quelle
- Das Museum
Angaben
Derweil im Leben von Paulus Potter
Das ganze Leben1649–1652 · Wirkungsort
The Hague
3 July 1650
Marries Adriana van Balckeneynde
Potter marries Adriana van Balckeneynde, daughter of the Hague master carpenter and building contractor Claes Dircksz, who lived nearby; his father-in-law introduces him to the Dutch elite. None of their children will reach adulthood.
1 May 1652
Moves to Amsterdam at Tulp's invitation
At the invitation of the physician Nicolaes Tulp, who already owned a number of his paintings, Potter goes to Amsterdam. Impressed by the artist's civilized behaviour and politeness, Tulp has him paint his son Dirck as a noble equestrian, life-size, with the head painted on a portrait originally intended for someone else.
1652–1654 · Wirkungsort
Amsterdam
2 January 1653
Makes his will
Potter composes his will; a little over a year later he will die of tuberculosis.
17. Januar 1654
Died
![[The Triumph of Joseph; Triomf van Jozef; Triumph Josefs], Maarten van Heemskerck, 1559](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/coornhert-d-v-wb3-0006/max/000001.jpg)
![[The Triumph of Joseph; Triomf van Jozef; Triumph Josefs], Maarten van Heemskerck, 1559](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/coornhert-d-v-ab3-0034/max/000001.jpg)
![[Hirte treibt seine Herde, ein Schaf steckt im Dornenbusch fest], Claude Gillot, 1719](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/gillot-c-ab3-0026/max/000001.jpg)
![[The two Sheep; Two Sheep; Les deux moutons; Zwei Schafe], Karel Dujardin](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/dujardin-k-ab3-0029/max/000001.jpg)