Paulus PotterDutch, 1625–1654Cattle Herd
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the work
Even though this is one of his earliest drawings, the teenage Paulus Potter nevertheless portrayed the anatomy of the cow’s body with consummate skill. The hide appears to be stretched over the skeleton, as it were. He probably used sculpted or cast models of animals, which he drew from various angles. In this drawing the same standing cow is seen from the back, the side, and the front.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-T-2015-47
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
