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1631–1646 · 工作地

Amsterdam

1646 · 工作地

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.

1654年1月17日

Died