Paulus Potter

In 1628 his family moved to Leiden, and in 1631 to Amsterdam, where young Paulus studied painting with his father, Pieter Symonsz Potter.

[1] After his mother died, his father started an affair with the wife of Pieter Codde, also living in the fancy Sint Antoniesbreestraat.

Potter became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Delft, but by 1649, he moved to The Hague, next to Jan van Goyen.

[1] Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, a member of the stadholder's family and an art-lover, bought one of Potter's paintings, The Farmyard,[2] but some court ladies seemed to have advised against it.

The Young Bull was composed after drawings Potter made in nature, and is now located in Mauritshuis in The Hague.

The painting The Young Bull (1647) is in the collection of the Mauritshuis
Statue of Paulus Potter at the Drommedaris in Enkhuizen