Paulus PotterDutch, 1625–1654Kop van een koe
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Kop van een koe” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-12.777
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Paulus Potter
The whole life1631–1646 · Workplace
Amsterdam
1646 · Workplace
Delft
6 August 1646
Master of the Guild of Saint Luke in Delft
Potter is registered as a master painter in the Guild of Saint Luke in Delft; his training is complete.
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.
17 January 1654
Died
